A study led by UCSF neurologist S. Claiborne Johnston, MD, has shown that coiling of ruptured brain aneurysms is very effective during long-term follow-up, similar to outcomes with surgical clipping.

CINCINNATI—A very low risk of complication is associated with a routine test that determines whether a brain aneurysm treated with endovascular coiling has started to recur, a study led by the ...

May 30, 2006 — Coil embolization for the treatment of ruptured aneurysms is as effective as surgical clipping, according to results of the first study to prospectively compare long-term outcomes of ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- The risks associated with treating a recurrent or residual brain aneurysm that was initially treated by endovascular coiling are low, according to a multicenter study led by ...

Coiling involves running a very thin and long catheter from the groin up into the affected brain artery. Then a coil of platinum that resembles a tiny slinky is pushed out of the catheter and into the ...

The UCLA Medical Center lays claim to pioneering the way that brain aneurysms are treated. Developed by a former faculty member about 15 years ago, the Guglielmi Detachable Coil (GDC coil) is now a ...

For endovascular treatment of ruptured intracranial aneurysm, coiling yields a better clinical outcome than clipping, with the benefit greatest in patients with a good preoperative grade, according to ...

Carolyn Davis owes her health to wires. Davis, 55, of Chicago, benefited from a treatment known as coiling after she suffered a brain aneurysm in November. Once Davis arrived at Loyola University ...