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Ichiro Yuki1, Yuichi Murayama, Fernando Vinuela
1Department of Radiological Sciences, Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, USA. iyuki@mednet.ucla.edu
Abstract:
Since the introduction of the Guglielmi detachable coil in 1990, the role of endovascular treatment for intracranial aneurysm has changed significantly. However, this endovascular modality has intrinsic technical limitations in wide-neck and large (11-25 mm) or giant (>25 mm) aneurysms. Long-term anatomic outcomes for these aneurysms include an approximate 25% recanalization rate. Since the aneurysm recanalization is related to morphologic, hemodynamic and biologic factors associated with aneurysm healing, improvement of these factors has elicited several technical modifications of the original technique. This review will describe new endovascular devices that have been manufactured to improve the technical limitations inherited by the Guglielmi detachable coil technique, as well as the historic background of endovascular treatment for cerebral aneurysms.
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