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Endovascular embolization - Recovery

Alternative Names

Treatment - endovascular embolism; Coil embolization

Expectations after surgery:

The procedure can take several hours. You will receive medicine to make you feel sleepy during the procedure.

Afterwards, you will need to rest, and may need to stay in the hospital overnight or longer.

Convalescence:

How fast you recover depends on many things, including your overall health and severity of your medical condition.

Reviewed last on: 1/8/2007
James Lee, M.D., Department of Surgery, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY. Review Provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

References

Johnston SC. Recommendations for the endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms: a statement for healthcare professionals from the Committee on Cerebrovascular Imaging of the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Radiology. Stroke. 2002; 33(10): 2536-4.

Schnipper D. Management of intracranial complications of sinus surgery. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2004; 37(2): 453-72, ix.

Townsend CM, Beauchamp RD, Evers BM, Mattox KL. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery, 17th ed. St. Louis, M0: WB Saunders; 2004.