Cerebrovascular complications and granuloma formation after wrapping or coating of intracranial aneurysms with cotton gauze and human fibrin adhesives: results from a single-center patient series over a 5-year period.

Conclusions These data should add to the awareness of significant cerebrovascular complications following wrapping or coating of IAs with cotton gauze and human fibrin adhesives and indicate that major ischemic strokes need to be included in the risk/benefit considerations during decision making for such treatment strategies. Patients who receive IA wrapping should be monitored and followed up closely for arterial narrowing and granuloma formation. PMID: 23930856 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Neurosurgery - August 9, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Beitzke M, Leber KA, Deutschmann H, Gattringer T, Poltrum B, Fazekas F Tags: J Neurosurg Source Type: research