Endovascular Thermal Coagulation Using the Double-Helix GDC. Feasibility Study in Experimental Aneurysms.
An experimental study was undertaken to explore the possibility of treating this subset of aneurysms with thermal coagulation. Endovascular endosaccular thermal coagulation of experimental aneurysms was successfully performed using a radiofrequency electrical current applied to a novel device, the double-helix GDC. Theoretically this technique could be utilized in selected patients to occlude large and giant intracranial aneurysms.
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University of Roma "La Sapienza", Italy and University of California at Davis, U.S.A - guidogdc@yahoo.com.
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