Erschienen in:
01.12.2010 | Correspondence
Retrieval of Displaced Coil Using a Solitaire® Stent
verfasst von:
A. M. O’Hare, A. M. Rogopoulos, P. C. Stracke, R. G. Chapot
Erschienen in:
Clinical Neuroradiology
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Ausgabe 4/2010
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Excerpt
Endovascular aneurysm occlusion is proven to be less invasive and safer than open craniotomy and clipping [
1]. Although periprocedural complications are unusual during a coiling procedure, they do carry potential devastating consequences. Among the less frequent complications is the complete herniation of a coil from the aneurysm estimated to occur in 2.5–6% of the procedures, requiring either retrieval or fixation [
2,
3]. Several commercially available devices are supposed to enable retrieval of a migrated coil. In our case, the Solitaire
® stent, which was originally designed to be a retractable stent for stent-assisted coiling, proved to be effective in the removal of a migrated coil. …