Embolisation with Guglielmi detachable coils during the period of increased risk for cerebral vasospasm: early outcome.
In a retrospective study, we investigated whether embolisation of intracranial aneurysms during the spasm period (days 3-14) after subarachnoid haemorrhage carries an increased risk. A comparison was made with patients embolised during the same period but in the first 2 days after the haemorrhage. The two groups compared well except for a higher incidence of posterior circulation aneurysm in the group with delayed treatment. There seems to be no difference in the short-term outcome between the two.
Wikholm
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G
Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, P.O. Box 75037, 400 36 Göteborg, Sweden. gunnar.wikholm@xray.gu.se
Lindgren
H
H
Rodríguez
M
M
Elfverson
J
J
D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000628:therapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D015607:Stents; D020301:Vasospasm, Intracranial / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*