title: Early experience with surgically inaccessible wide-necked intracranial aneurysm embolised with Guglielmi Electrically Detachable coils and electrothrombosis.
abstract: We describe our early successful experience with Guglielmi Electrically Detachable Coils (GDC) and electrothrombosis in treating a surgically inaccessible wide-necked intracranial aneurysm in a Chinese patient. The precautions taken to prevent unnecessary complications while performing this technique was also described. It provides a serious alternative to other less ideal types of embolising agents and direct surgery in treating patients with these difficult-to-treat aneurysms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Caritas Medical Centre, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: L T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Kwok
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Lam
mesh_terms: D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged