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Angiographic follow-up of vertebrobasilar artery aneurysms treated with detachable coils

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Endovascular treatment of ruptured vertebrobasilar artery aneurysms with Gugliemi detachable coils (GDC) has become an alternative to surgery. Mid-term angiographic follow-up can now be reported. Of 111 vertebrobasilar aneurysms in 110 patients we treated with GDC since 1992, 53 underwent angiography within 1 year and 59 after more than 18 months. We did not achieve complete occlusion on initial treatment of 23 aneurysms (21%). Complications were observed in 19 patients (17%), leading to permanent clinical disability in eight. Enlargement of the neck or reopening was seen in 12 (23%) of 53 aneurysms followed by angiography within 12 months. Documented recanalisation was treated in four (8%). Angiography was performed after 18–78 months in 59 patients, of whom nine, including three with initially incomplete occlusions, were retreated with GDC. Within the entire second observation period, three (5%) of the 59 patients had a further haemorrhage and were retreated with GDC. Rebleeding proved to be the only factor influencing the clinical outcome of retreated patients.

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We thank Jarold Knispel PhD, Hamburg and Meike Schroeder MD for language advice.

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Groden, C., Eckert, B., Ries, T. et al. Angiographic follow-up of vertebrobasilar artery aneurysms treated with detachable coils. Neuroradiology 45, 435–440 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00234-003-1007-z

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