Clinical Results and Problems in Embolization for Intracranial Aneurysms using Electrically Detachable Coils

Interv Neuroradiol. 1998 Nov 30:4 Suppl 1:71-3. doi: 10.1177/15910199980040S113. Epub 2001 May 15.

Abstract

Nineteen patients with intracranial aneurysm were treated using electrically detachable coils (GDC or IEDC) and angiographic results and complications were assessed. In 18 aneurysms treated by endosaccular occlusion, 11 (61%), 3 (17%) and 4 (22%) resulted in complete occlusion, neck remnant and dome filling, respectively. Neither haemorrhagic nor thromboembolic complications occurred in 19 patients. Embolization using electrically detachable coils seemed to be a safe and useful procedure without complications, but we should give attention to avoiding complications and incomplete occlusion in particular in a case of 1) wide-necked, 2) small (< 3 mm) or 3) complex- shaped aneurysms.