title: Endovascular coils: properties, technical complications and salvage techniques.
abstract: Endovascular coil embolization has become an accepted and often first-line treatment for ruptured and unruptured intracranial aneurysms. While the complications of endovascular therapy of intracranial aneurysms have been well vetted in the literature, there are few reports solely concerning the complications and salvage techniques related to either the technical aspects of coil deployment or to the devices themselves. In this review the structural details of commonly used endovascular coils, technical complications related to coiling and salvage techniques used when these complications occur are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA. christopher.eddleman@utsouthwestern.edu
authors.forename: Christopher Sean
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Eddleman
authors.forename: Babu G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Welch
authors.forename: Awais Z
authors.initials: AZ
authors.lastname: Vance
authors.forename: Kim L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Rickert
authors.forename: Jonathan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: G Lee
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Pride
authors.forename: Phillip D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Purdy
mesh_terms: D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D011859:Radiography; D016879:Salvage Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome