Comments on: New Technology for Intracranial Aneurysms http://brainblogger.com/2008/06/19/new-technology-for-intracranial-aneurysms/ Topics from multidimensional biopsychosocial perspectives. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:05:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Hazem Akil http://brainblogger.com/2008/06/19/new-technology-for-intracranial-aneurysms/#comment-228175 Hazem Akil Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:37:50 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/?p=816#comment-228175 There are lot of issues with this posting. As a resident in neurosurgery, I have seen so many procedures done the same way and has been described years ago. I mean it is not something new combining coiling and stenting to treat an intracranial aneurysm unless this particular team is using some new materials/approaches that are not described in this post. The problem is with no peer reviewed published article about their presumptive new technique I have to presume that this entry did not add anything new. By the way, coiling and stenting has been around since the mid 1990's. One more note to make is that the morbidity and mortality of the surgical intervention is often balanced with the the danger of leaving the aneurysm unprotected. Also, surgical clipping of aneurysm has far more superior long term results as the recurrence rate is lower than coiling. There are lot of issues with this posting. As a resident in neurosurgery, I have seen so many procedures done the same way and has been described years ago. I mean it is not something new combining coiling and stenting to treat an intracranial aneurysm unless this particular team is using some new materials/approaches that are not described in this post. The problem is with no peer reviewed published article about their presumptive new technique I have to presume that this entry did not add anything new.
By the way, coiling and stenting has been around since the mid 1990’s.
One more note to make is that the morbidity and mortality of the surgical intervention is often balanced with the the danger of leaving the aneurysm unprotected. Also, surgical clipping of aneurysm has far more superior long term results as the recurrence rate is lower than coiling.

]]> By: Yasser Metwally http://brainblogger.com/2008/06/19/new-technology-for-intracranial-aneurysms/#comment-227214 Yasser Metwally Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:10:48 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/?p=816#comment-227214 That is a great article on intracranal aneurysms That is a great article on intracranal aneurysms

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