A unique treatment at The Ohio State University Medical Center is using surgical glue and coils to correct abnormally connecting blood vessels that are linked to seizures, headaches and sometimes ...

HOUSTON -- Treating medium-sized intracranial aneurysms with second-generation hydrogel coils diminished adverse outcomes compared with standard platinum coils, researchers reported here. Physicians ...

August 12, 2011 — The endovascular treatment of aneurysms is safer than ever before, according to the results of the Matrix and Platinum Science (MAPS) trial. "This is certainly something that we as ...

the blood vessels to stop blood flow to the aneurysm. Doctors have been using the coil procedure to treat brain aneurysms (balloon-like bulges in the wall of a blood vessel) since ...

Based on a new study, while endovascular treatment (EVT) of intracranial aneurysms is effective in preventing long-term rupture and bleeding, there is an increased risk of recurrence, leading some ...

Insertion of a tiny metal coil into a bleeding aneurysm in the brain appears safer in the long run for some patients than a more-established treatment that requires brain surgery, researchers find. A ...

Evidence-based recommendations on coil embolisation of unruptured intracranial aneurysms. This involves placing coils inside the aneurysm using a thin tube to make the blood clot so it is less likely ...

HONOLULU — Compared to receiving a standard platinum coil during an endovascular procedure, patients getting the second-generation hydrogel coil had a significantly lower rate of aneurysm recurrence, ...

A MEDICAL device company, Boston Scientific Corporation, recently unveiled its next-generation Matrix Detachable Coils for the treatment of brain aneurysms. Malaysia is one of the first countries in ...

A coma settled over Nannette Jones as three brain aneurysms pushed her steadily toward death. One of the aneurysms, bulging weak spots on arteries in the brain, had ruptured. They were all in places ...