Aneurysm Treatments
Aneurysm treatments help prevent hemorrhaging and are only effective if performed before a stroke has occurred.

Aneurysm Clipping

• This procedure involves clipping, or placing a clamp on, the aneurysm to prevent it from leaking blood.
  
  
• Want to know more? Talk to someone at Emory about this procedure.

Aneurysm Coiling 

• In this procedure, soft platinum coils are inserted into the aneurysm through a microcatheter.
  
  
• The coils fill the ballooned section, preventing blood from entering, which in turn prevents future bleeding.
  
  
• Want to know more? Talk to someone at Emory about this procedure.

Surgical arteriovenous malformation (AVM) removal

• If the AVM is located in a more accessible area of the brain, it can be removed through stereotactic microsurgery.
  
  
• This procedure uses microscopic cameras and delicate instruments to remove an AVM rupture.

Stereotactic radiosurgery

• This procedure uses a focused beam of radiation to eliminate the AVM, which eventually clots and dissolves.

Endovascular treatment or embolization

• In this procedure, a small coil is injected into the vessel with the AVM through a microcatheter.
  
  
• The coil prevents blood from entering, and so prevents the AVM from rupturing.
  
  
• Embolization also may be used to assist in the overall treatment of the malformation by other means such as surgery or radiosurgery.

Learn more about AVM treatment here.