title: Coiling of saccular basilar trunk aneurysms.
abstract: We reviewed the selective endosaccular coiling of eight consecutive patients with saccular basilar trunk aneurysms, seven after subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). All aneurysms could be coiled in a mean procedure time of 61 min. There were no procedure-related complications, but one patient died of vasospasm following the SAH. The remaining seven had a good outcome, and five of seven aneurysms were completely occluded with a stable result on follow-up angiography. Compaction of the coils occurred in one very large aneurysm necessitating additional coiling. One patient with a giant, partially thrombosed aneurysm was coiled four times in a 3-year period to obtain a satisfactory anatomical result.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, St Elisabeth Ziekenhuis, Hilvarenbeekseweg 60, 5022 GC Tilburg, The Netherlands. radiol@knmg.nl
authors.forename: W J J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Van Rooij
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sluzewski
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Menovsky
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wijnalda
mesh_terms: D001488:Basilar Artery; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D013997:Time Factors