Aneurysm Coiling Animation

http://www.neuro-ortho.org - courtest of Micrus Endovascular Corporation shows this is an animation of a double aneurysm buldge being coiled.

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Science & Technology

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• brain
• aneurysm
• coiling
• dual
• clip
• medicine
• 3d
• animation

[wwwater1]

Can someone tell me what the hell am I looking at?

[inyurdrms]

I am 54, on 05/02 I had the microcoil procedure performed to deposit 7 platinum pins in the sac. My only symptom was passing out when it began to leak. Neurologist said over 5cc leaked. I was in ICU for 12 days, total 18 days at the hospital due to the heatwave here. Went back to work 2 weeks later. On 08/01/08 i was released to full activity. No headaches, no deficits! Since August I've been doing strength/endurance training at the gym 5x a week. Living life! I may have an angio next month.

[snacastro]

You can and probably should , treat a ruptured aneurysm with coils. This way you dont need to have part of tour skull cutted of. Some aneurysms, depending on position and shape, still better treat with clip.

[HarveyPriceFTW]

I had a SAH in January of 2001, They repaired it using these coils,it was devastating to my life but now I have learned to live with what happened to me,I will never be able to work again but I can be a good Father...I thank God that I survived, Thank you Mum,Dad,Shaun,The CHIS,The JR...but most of all thankyou to my three sons for giving me the desire to live.

[BorahorzaG]

Well done, I had this and clipping in 2008, my aneurysm had ruptured and I was in big trouble, I'm doing well now out of hospital just over 1 year ago, living home in Ireland on my own, back working at what I love and loving life, kinda used to headaches lol

[TinnieSingh]

@TheSeattlegreen

from what the doctor told me. You have it clipped if it ruptures. Like a clothing peg 'clip'

[TinnieSingh]

@bolyard8788

hey bud. How is she. Does she respond like she used to?

I'm also worried about my mother who is in theatre as we speak. A real distressing time.

Hope she recovers

[bolyard8788]

My mother had a major brain aneurysm on May 19th, unfortunately two weeks before she had just had a stint placed near her heart so she was on Plavix to keep her blood from clotting, with of course is not a good thing when your brain is bleeding. She had 18 coils placed, the aneurysm was over an inch long. We do not know what the long term outcome is going to be, she was transferred from SLU Hosp today to rehab but no one can give us any answers on what to expect if she'll ever recover anymore

[Bhav341]

@wwwater1 the aneurysm is filled up with tiny coils of wire, I think to prevent blood from going into it and contributing to it bursting. Problem is, many of these aneurysms are not found until it is too late. No one knows they even have one until- BAM!!- it's all over. One of my childhood friends died from one at age 20.

[com2048]

Most ruptured aneurysms are treated by coiling. The coils are very, very soft. see the vid by SLBSI, search "stroke rounds"

[TheSeattlegreen]

SOMEONE HELP ME OUT PLEASE.... COILING IS FOR ANEURYSM'S THAT DONT RUPTURE YET... AM I RIGHT OR WRONG....BECAUSE IF IT RUPTURED , COILING DOSENT MAKE ANY SENSE.. IT SEEMS THE PLATINUM COIL THAT GOES FROM THE GROIN TO THE AORTA TO THE ANEURYSM, WOULD JUST COME OUT OF THE RUPTURED PART??????

[kamboosh]

Wish I knew about it before it ruptured. I had 2 surgeries, 1st time a clipping, then another one grew OUT OF THE CLIP. Had it replace with another one taken from my arm. I feel fine, in full motion, good memory and seem to be waiting for my wounds to heal and hopefully that shall be it. I am 31.