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A comprehensive review of current endovascular techniques for the treatment of cerebral aneurysms, this is a practical manual for those practicing, or intending to practice, this rapidly expanding branch of minimally invasive surgery. The authors provide descriptions based on an extensive combined experience of clinical management, technical problems, complications and recent results, and discuss the limitations and role of combined extravasular/endovascular techniques.

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Author:   James Byrne ,  C.G. Drake ,  Guido Guglielmi
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.406kg
ISBN:  

9783642803833

ISBN 10:   3642803830
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   28 December 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction to Intracranial Aneurysms.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 History.- 1.3 Aetiology of Intracranial Aneurysms.- 1.4 Morbid Anatomy: Macroscopic and Microscopic Appearances.- 1.5 Natural History.- References.- 2 Symptomatology.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage.- 2.3 Complications of Subarachnoid Haemorrhage.- 2.4 Symptomatology of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms.- 2.5 Anterior Cerebral Circulation Aneurysms.- 2.6 Posterior Cerebral Circulation Aneurysms.- References.- 3 Imaging for Intracranial Aneurysms.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Detection of Bleeding Due to Intracranial Aneurysm Rupture.- 3.3 Detection of Intracranial Aneurysms Acutely After Subarachnoid Haemorrhage.- 3.4 Imaging for Symptomatic Unruptured and Asymptomatic Aneurysms.- 3.5 Imaging for Endovascular Treatment.- References.- 4 Endovascular Treatments.- 4.1 Development of Treatments.- 4.2 Treatment Types.- References.- 5 Treatment by Endosaccular Packing with the Guglielmi Detachable Coil.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Electrothrombosis and the Electrolytic Process.- 5.3 The Guglielmi Detachable Coil.- 5.4 Techniques of Coil Embolisation.- 5.5 Delayed Complications and Their Management.- References.- 6 Coil Embolisation of Saccular Aneurysms at Specific Sites.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Internal Carotid Artery Aneurysms.- 6.3 Aneurysms of the Anterior Cerebral Arteries.- 6.4 Aneurysms of the Middle Cerebral Arteries.- 6.5 Aneurysms of the Posterior Circulation.- 6.6 Posterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysms.- 6.7 Basilar Termination Aneurysms.- 6.8 Basilar Trunk Aneurysms.- 6.9 Vertebral Artery/Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Aneurysms.- References.- 7 Results of Endovascular Treatment.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Results of Endovascular Treatment of Parent Artery Occlusion.- 7.3 Resultsof Endovascular Treatment by Endosaccular Packing.- 7.4 Conclusions.- References.- 8 Future Developments.- 8.1 Current Development of the GDC Technique.- 8.2 Alternative and Combination Methods of Endosaccular Embolisation.- 8.3 Future Developments.- References.

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