title: Endovascular extraction of malpositioned fibered platinum microcoils from the aneurysm sac during endovascular therapy.
abstract: We describe two cases of coil malpositioning that occurred during endovascular occlusion of saccular basilar tip aneurysms with fibered platinum microcoils. The technique of endovascular coil extraction, accomplished successfully and without complication in both cases, is described and may be applicable to recently available controlled-detachment coil systems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore 21201, USA.
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Zoarski
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Bear
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Clouston
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ragheb
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000628:therapy*; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000628:therapy; D001488:Basilar Artery; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002536:Cerebral Arteries; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008846:Micromanipulation; D008875:Middle Aged; D010984:Platinum; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D010984:Platinum