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"Coiling" Is Effective in Preventing Recurrent or First-Time Bleeding from Brain Aneurysms, Years after Treatment Is Complete
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NEW STUDY RESULTS SHOW THAT
"COILING"--A MINIMALLY INVASIVE TREATMENT FOR BRAIN ANEURYSMS--IS
EFFECTIVE IN PREVENTING RECURRENT OR FIRST-TIME BLEEDING, YEARS AFTER
TREATMENT IS COMPLETE. "COILING" IS PERFORMED BY FILLING THE
ANEURYSM--A "BULGE" IN THE WALL OF A BRAIN ARTERY--WITH A WIRE MESH
DESIGNED TO PREVENT THE BUBBLE FROM BURSTING AND BLEEDING INTO THE
BRAIN--A CONDITION THAT CAN LEAD TO DEATH. PERFORMED ON 154
PATIENTS WITH ANEURYSMS LOCATED DEEP IN THE BRAIN, THE STUDY WAS
CONDUCTED OVER AN 11-YEAR PERIOD BY PHYSICIANS AT SAINT ELISABETH
HOSPITAL, IN TILBURG, THE NETHERLANDS. LONG-TERM
FOLLOW-UP, UP TO 144 MONTHS AFTER TREATMENT, SHOWS THAT BLEEDING
OCCURRED IN ONLY TWO PATIENTS. STUDY AUTHOR, JO PELUSO,
SPEAKS TO THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FINDINGS...
(PELUSO):
"BY CONDUCTING LONG-TERM STUDIES, WE ENSURE THAT OUR TREATMENTS
PROVIDE MAXIMUM BENEFIT FOR OUR PATIENTS."
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THE RESULTS WERE ANNOUNCED AT
THE FOURTH "ANNUAL MEETING" OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF
INTERVENTIONAL AND THERAPEUTIC NEURORADIOLOGY--AN INTERNATIONAL
MEDICAL SOCIETY COMPRISED OF PHYSICIANS WHO SPECIALIZE IN MINIMALLY
INVASIVE PROCEDURES TO TREAT STROKE, ANEURYSMS, AND SPINAL
ABNORMALITIES.
