Endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms: saccular aneurysms and posttraumatic pseudoaneurysms

The endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms is gaining a definite place in neurosurgery. This is particularly true for treatment using the Guglielmi detachable coil (GDC). "Endovascular treatment or direct surgery?" is a common discussion nowadays. The following papers raise some important issues with respect to this argument. This review also includes several papers that deal with posttraumatic pseudoaneurysms. One of the papers clearly suggests that endovascular treatment could also play an important role in treating pseudoaneurysms.