News tagged with ruptured brain aneurysm

UNC surgeons pioneer new approach to aneurysms: Go through the nose

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dr. Anand V. Germanwala and Dr. Adam M. Zanation have published a paper describing a surgery they performed that is believed to be the first reported clipping of a ruptured brain aneurysm through a patient's ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study Finds Low Risk in Treating Previously Coiled Aneurysm

(PhysOrg.com) -- The risks associated with treating a recurrent or residual brain aneurysm that was initially treated by endovascular coiling are low, according to a multicenter study led by researchers at ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Minimally invasive stroke treatment produces better patient outcomes than surgical operation

While minimally invasive coil treatments for those with a ruptured brain aneurysm have proved to be a more effective technique than traditional surgical operation in selected patients, the superior procedure is drastically ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 29, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Aneurysms don't occur earlier in second generation

People whose parents or aunts and uncles have had a brain aneurysm are more likely to have one themselves, indicating that genetic risk factors passed down by generation are responsible. Prior studies had suggested that ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0