Is there a difference between a ruptured aneurysm and a SAH? Are there various treatments besides cinching the hole closed with a clip? Is the coiling just for intact aneurysms? As I read people's stories I get confused by the different descriptors.
a rupture is the same as sah and there are different ways to fix them, your dr would decide.
Thank you. I sort of thought that was the case. When I read annie, I automatically think rupture, but that is wrong. I'll have to go back and see if I can figure out what I got. I sort of fixated on the list of plates and screws.
you might have a unruptured annie
I, like you, thought that the "annie" referred to rupture--no, if the aneurysm is detected, the object is to treat it so it doesn't rupture= rupture is NOT good...And yes, I do believe coils are used in a ruptured aneurysm as well. My understanding is that clipping (while invasive and major surgery) is "permanent"- which I interpret as meaning I shouldn't have to deal with it again--ever
Laurie, was that addressed to my comment? I reread it and I wasn't clear. I know my annie ruptured. I just thought that I had a clip and it was certainly major surgery. I remember the Dr. telling me all about putting the cut behind my hairline so it would be covered. That has worked out fine. I'm also very aware of the window he had to cut out of my skull and the metal used to cover that back up. The release papers say it is gold. The surgeon also repeatedly told me that I don't have any other annies which I believe as far as it goes. I don't know any reason this one popped up and I can't imagine that there would be a way for him to know if another one would pop up.
Dana, I didn't know they could do coils on an aneurysm that has already ruptured. Of course I was in no position to ask about alternatives when I arrived by helicopter, not unconscious but functioning in a fairly limited manner. What do they do about the blood running around lose if they don't open up and mop (so to speak)? I thought it was the blood outside of the artery that led to vasospasm which could lead to ischemic stroke. I wonder if some ruptures are seriously pouring blood out and some just dribble? I wonder why they felt comfortable waiting until the following afternoon to do my surgery. My surgery was about 45 hours after the rupture.