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Endovascular Intracranial Aneurysm Treatment

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Abstract

With superior operative morbidity, similar rupture outcomes after treatment, and patient preference for minimally invasive operative techniques, endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms is performed with increasing frequency as compared to microsurgical techniques, including clip ligation. Endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms requires facility with a multitude of interventional techniques. The constantly expanding list of endovascular tools available currently includes detachable coils, stents, balloons, high-density embolic glues, and flow-diversion devices.

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Abbreviations

3D:

Three dimensional

ACT:

Activated coagulation time

AP:

Anteroposterior

F:

French

FDA:

Food and Drug Administration

ICA:

Internal carotid artery

ISUIA:

International Study of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms

MCA:

Middle cerebral artery

PED:

Pipeline embolization device

PUFS:

Pipeline for Uncoilable or Failed Aneurysms Study

SAH:

Subarachnoid hemorrhage

VA:

Vertebral artery

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 100 High Street, Suite B4, Buffalo, NY, 14203, USA

    Travis M. Dumont MD & Shady Jahshan MD

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Gates Vascular Institute, Kaleida Health, Buffalo, NY, 14203, USA

    Travis M. Dumont MD & Shady Jahshan MD

  3. Stroke Intervention Unit, The Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, 6 Weizmann Street, Tel-Aviv, 64239, Israel

    Shady Jahshan MD

  4. Department of Neurosurgery and Department of Radiology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA

    Adnan H. Siddiqui MD, PhD

  5. Department of Neurosurgery, Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital, Kaleida Health, Buffalo, NY, USA

    Adnan H. Siddiqui MD, PhD

  6. Toshiba Stroke Research Center, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 100 High Street, Suite B4, Buffalo, NY, 14203, USA

    Adnan H. Siddiqui MD, PhD

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  2. Northern Illinois Surgery Center, Naperville, Illinois, USA

    Raymond A. Dieter, Jr.

  3. University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

    Raymond A. Dieter, III

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Dumont, T.M., Jahshan, S., Siddiqui, A.H. (2014). Endovascular Intracranial Aneurysm Treatment. In: Dieter, R., Dieter, Jr., R., Dieter, III, R. (eds) Endovascular Interventions. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7312-1_5

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