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Tungsten Coil Disappearance and SAH Recurrence 12 Years After Endovascular Embolisation


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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Wuxi No. 2 Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 68 Zhongshan Road, 214002, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, PR China

    Ding Ya-Suo & Lin Yu-Chang

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Advance: The 12-year follow-up is the longest follow-up in published cases.

Implication: Repeat angiography is warranted beyond 10 years. Additionally, it is necessary to re-treat aneurysms in tungsten coil embolised patients because of possible recurrent SAH.

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Ya-Suo, D., Yu-Chang, L. Tungsten Coil Disappearance and SAH Recurrence 12 Years After Endovascular Embolisation
. Clin Neuroradiol 24, 189–191 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-013-0220-3

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