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Flow diversion helps some aneurysm patients avoid neurosurgery

For patients with cerebral aneurysms, they risk hemorrhagic stroke or even death. But a new non-surgical approach is giving patients new hope. Until relatively recently, aneurysms were treated either by a surgical procedure called clipping, or by coiling, which is a less invasive endovascular approach. In clipping surgery, the skull is opened and a small springy clip is placed directly across the “neck” of an aneurysm to cut off its blood supply. However, clipping poses the usual risks of surgery along with potential complications such as stroke and rupture of the aneurysm. Now, Randall Edgell, MD, and his SLUCare interventional neurology colleagues at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital have a new approach called the “Pipeline embolization procedure” that creates “flow diversion.” This type of procedure focuses not on the aneurysm itself but on restoring normal blood flow through the parent artery. Since the Pipeline Embolism Device (PED) is designed to treat an aneurysm indirectly by routing blood through the artery, rather than by direct contact with the aneurysm itself, this procedure can significantly reduce the risk of a rupture. Find out more in this SSM Health Medical Minute from FOX2 in St. Louis. http://www.ssmhealth.com/neurosciences