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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-5-30
pubmed:abstractText
Since the introduction of Guglielmi detachable coils to treat intracranial aneurysms in 1991, the number of patients undergoing endovascular coiling has continuously risen as well as the number of those residual and recurrent previously coiled aneurysms that necessitate a microsurgical occlusion. Between July 1995 and August 2009 we retrospectively analyzed 81 patients with 82 previously coiled aneurysms treated microsurgically at two Finnish Neurosurgical University Hospitals, Helsinki and Kuopio. Fifty-eight aneurysms (71%) were located at anterior circulation and 24 (29%) at posterior circulation. Fifteen patients were operated on within the first month (early surgery) after coiling, whereas 66 were treated later (late surgery). Complete or partial removal of coils during surgery may facilitate clipping, but is significantly (P<0.001) more difficult to accomplish in late surgery. Removal of coils may also increase the chance for poor outcome. Chance of poor outcome increased also with intraoperative aneurysm rupture, size of the aneurysm and posterior circulation location. Good clinical outcome, three months after surgery, was achieved in 71 patients (88%); four patients were severely disabled, and six patients died (three of them due to poor clinical condition). Complete microsurgical occlusion of the residual previously coiled aneurysm is a high-risk procedure in large and giant aneurysms, and these patients should be referred to a dedicated neurovascular center to minimize surgical complications. Bypass procedures may be the best option for demanding growing lesions, especially those in posterior circulation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0390-5616
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
55
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
139-50
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21623326-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:21623326-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:21623326-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:21623326-Cerebral Revascularization, pubmed-meshheading:21623326-Child, pubmed-meshheading:21623326-Device Removal, pubmed-meshheading:21623326-Embolization, Therapeutic, pubmed-meshheading:21623326-Female, pubmed-meshheading:21623326-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:21623326-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21623326-Intracranial Aneurysm, pubmed-meshheading:21623326-Male, pubmed-meshheading:21623326-Microsurgery, pubmed-meshheading:21623326-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:21623326-Neurosurgical Procedures, pubmed-meshheading:21623326-Reoperation, pubmed-meshheading:21623326-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:21623326-Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, pubmed-meshheading:21623326-Treatment Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:21623326-Young Adult
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Microsurgical technique for previously coiled aneurysms.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland. rossana.romani@hus.fi
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Multicenter Study