Platinum Coils To Replace Brain Surgery
Surgeons, in a study published in The Lancet, have proposed treating burst aneurysms with platinum
coils instead of brain surgery. In 2002 the International Subarachnoid Aneurysm Trial (ISAT) was stopped early because it showed that the minimally invasive technique, coiling, was more likely to result in survival without disability at one year when compared to neurosurgical clipping. /...
GDC Detachable Coils
Description:The Guglielmi Detachable Coil is intended for: embolization of those intracranial aneurysms that - because oftheir morphology, their location, or the patient's general medical condition - are considered by the treatingneurosurgical team to be a) very high risk for management by traditional operative techniques, or b) inoperable.The GDC is also intended for embolization of other neuro vascular...
Company:Boston Scientific Corporation
Matrix Detachable Coils
Description:Aneurysm occlusion is the ultimate objective of neurovascular treatment with conventional bare platinum
coils. With Matrix Detachable
Coils, occlusion is only the beginning... Matrix Detachable
Coils are intended for embolization of those intracranial aneurysms that -- because of their morphology, their location, or the patient's general medical condition -- are considered by the treatin...
Company:Boston Scientific Corporation