Stroke Related Conditions Treatment
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.
Vascular Malformation Treatments
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.
