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Neuro Endovascular Coiling

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How you should be prepared for an endovascular coiling?

· In order to do the procedure, you will be asked to read the consent form carefully and sign it as well

· Share all your information regarding your reactions or  allergies to alternative dyes or iodine

· Do follow the advisories given by the doctor before surgery

· The news regarding pregnancy shall be shared

· Blood tests are necessary so as to see how much time does it take to clotting of blood

· Tell the doctor about the medicines and supplementary you have been taking

Neuro Endovascular Coiling Procedure:

A coiling procedure will require you to stay in the hospital. Procedures may differ depending on your situation and the procedures of your surgeon or practitioner.

  1. Any clothing, jewellery, hairpins, dentures or anything that could interfere with the treatment will be asked to remove but generally, a hospital gown will be provided to you
  2. Before the treatment begins, you will be given time to empty your bladder
  3. On the X-ray table, you will be positioned on your back
  4. In your hand or arm, an IV (intravenous) line will be started
  5. An electrocardiogram (ECG) monitor will be attached to you, which will record your heart’s electrical activity
  6. During the process, you will have your heart rate, blood pressure, breathing rate and nervous system indication checked
  7. To drain your bladder, a catheter may be inserted
  8. Your pulses may be checked below the groyne area where the catheter will be put by the radiologist or neurosurgeon
  9. A guide will be used to insert a catheter into the artery in your groyne
  10. Fluoroscopy will be used to guide the catheter through the blood artery into the brain
  11. This is a sort of X-ray that resembles an X-ray movie
  12. Contrast dye will be given after the catheter reaches the afflicted artery in the brain, allowing the aneurysm and surrounding blood vessels to be seen on X-ray
  13. The aneurysm will be measured and its shape and other characteristics will be recorded by the provider
  14. The initial catheter will be replaced with a smaller catheter by the physician
  15. The provider will insert the coil into the aneurysm once the catheter has reached it
  16. The coil is removed from the catheter once it has been entirely inserted into the aneurysm
  17. The doctor will insert as many coils as necessary to seal the aneurysm
  18. Inside the aneurysm, the coils will form a mesh-like structure
  19. The catheter will be removed once the aneurysm has sealed. In the end, the dressing will be done

Endovascular coiling is a minimally invasive surgery, there no craniotomy or cutting of bone, no opening of the brain, no retraction of brain or handling of blood vessels, get discharged faster and going back to normal life is fast.