title: Saccular intracranial aneurysms: endovascular treatment with mechanical detachable spiral coils.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate endovascular treatment of saccular intracranial aneurysms with mechanical detachable spiral coils.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-three patients with 56 saccular aneurysms underwent endovascular treatment with spiral coils. All but five had symptomatic subarachnoid hemorrhage staged according to the Hunt and Hess classification as follows: stage IV or V (n = 20), stage III (n = 10), stage I or II (n = 20), and stage 0 (asymptomatic [n = 6]).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty-seven aneurysms were occluded (100% occlusion) on follow-up angiograms with the following time distribution: 24 months for six aneurysms (six patients), 12 months for 14 aneurysms (11 patients), 6 months for 13 aneurysms (13 patients), 4 months for four aneurysms (four patients), and only immediate postprocedure study for 16 aneurysms (16 patients) (excludes two deaths and one failure).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this relatively small group, endovascular treatment with mechanical detachable spiral coils had a success rate of 90%, and it appears to be a rapid, reliable, and relatively safe technique in the treatment of life-threatening subarachnoid hemorrhage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Hôpitaux Civils de Colmar, Hôpital Pasteur, Colmar, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tournade
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Courtheoux
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sengel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozgulle
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tajahmady
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D017211:Treatment Failure