MECHANICAL DETACHABLE COIL AS A THERAPEUTIC ALTERNATIVE FOR CEREBRAL ANEURYSM

Endovascular treatment for unruptured cerebral aneurysms has been reco gnized as a useful alternative. Various types of intravascular materia ls embolizing aneurysms were classified into one of two groups. One wa s retrievable after the placement, whereas the other was irretrievable . The former which has involved detachable coils is preferred, because it can be repositioned repeatedly, while it forms the most effective arrangement. In this report, we present a compromised patient who was a 68 year-old female suffering angina pectoris and was treated with an interlocking detachable coil. Technical points are discussed here com pared with Guglielmi's detachable coil.