A study led by UCSF neurologist S. Claiborne Johnston, MD, has shown that coiling of ruptured brain aneurysms is very effective during long-term follow-up, similar to outcomes with surgical clipping.

SAN FRANCISCO — Microsurgical clip occlusion does not prevent disabilities any better than endovascular coil embolization in most patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage stemming from cerebral aneurysms ...

For endovascular treatment of ruptured intracranial aneurysm, coiling yields a better clinical outcome than clipping, with the benefit greatest in patients with a good preoperative grade, according to ...

Neurosurgical clipping and endovascular coiling are methods used to treat patients who have ruptured intracranial aneurysms; however, the safety and efficacy of these treatments relative to one ...

Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) remains a devastating type of stroke that is more often fatal, and more often affects younger persons, than other stroke types. One of the most important ...

Despite growing use of endovascular coiling instead of surgical clipping to treat unruptured intracranial aneurysms, outcomes have not improved since the mid 1990s, according to research published ...

The clipping for cerebral aneurysm (weakening of an artery in the brain that causes the bulging or ballooning of the blood vessel), has become affordable for the poorer sections in western region with ...

Preliminary results of a long-term study suggest that coils inserted into burst aneurysms in the brain decrease by 25 percent the risk of patient death and disability during the first year after the ...

About one in 50 people in the U.S. have an unruptured brain aneurysm. Experts say these “ticking time bombs” can rupture if they aren’t treated. Now, doctors are using a novel approach to clip the ...

Pregnancy may increase the risk of brain aneurysms due to hormonal and cardiovascular factors that occur when pregnant, although the risk is rare. Pregnancy causes changes in hormones, blood flow, and ...

A study led by UCSF neurologist S. Claiborne Johnston, MD, has shown that coiling of ruptured brain aneurysms is very effective during long-term follow-up, similar to outcomes with surgical clipping.