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Does electrothrombosis occur immediately after embolization of an aneurysm with Guglielmi detachable coils?
M Horowitz1, D Samson, P Purdy
1Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas 75235, USA.
AJNR. American Journal of Neuroradiology
|March 1, 1997
Abstract:
Current options for treating cerebral aneurysms include surgical clipping and placement of Guglielmi detachable coils (GDCs). The latter system is reported to induce acute aneurysmal occlusion by a mechanism of electrothrombosis. We report our observations in the case of a ruptured aneurysm treated with GDCs and then surgically exposed 2 hours later. The lack of thrombus within the aneurysm and around the coils led us to question the mechanism of action of GDCs.