We describe the management of a perforation during endovascular treatment of a ruptured
paraophthalmic aneurysm in a 53-year-old woman. The microcatheter and guidewire …

✓ A fatal rupture of a large paraophthalmic aneurysm 11 months following treatment with
detachable balloons is described. This case illustrates the potential consequences of …

Small ruptured aneurysms present a unique problem to endovascular therapy. We report a
case in which a patient presented with subarachnoid hemorrhage and a very small ruptured …

The pipeline embolization device has demonstrated clinical success in the management of
complex intracranial aneurysms arising along the anterior intracranial circulation with a …

OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE: Distal coil migration is a rare but hazardous complication
of aneurysm coil embolization. Various microsnare devices have been developed to …

✓ Patients with symptomatic aneurysms that are not excluded from the cerebral circulation
have a poor prognosis. Standard treatment is surgical exploration with direct clipping of the …

Early experience with detachable latex or silicone balloons as embolic devices led to
suboptimal anatomic results and to frequent catastrophic rehemorrhage. A detachable …

OBJECTIVE: Intracranial aneurysm rupture during placement of Guglielmi detachable coils
has been reported, but the management and consequences of this event have not been …

T he role of endovascular therapy in the treatment of intracranial aneurysms has evolved
rapidly over the past decade. Endovascular therapy for intracranial aneurysms was initially …

Purpose The occurrence of a vascular perforation during an endovascular procedure is an
unexpected and feared complication which can be fatal. However, the incidence, risk or the …