New device offers revolutionary treatment for difficult-to-Treat brain aneurysms

Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - 08:30 in Health & Medicine

Physicians at Rush University Medical Center are offering a new and effective treatment to patients suffering from complex brain aneurysms. The recently FDA-approved technology called the Pipeline Embolization Device (PED gives doctors the ability for the very first time to treat some of the most complex and dangerous brain aneurysms using minimally invasive techniques. The treatment is focused on reconstruction or remodeling of the weak blood vessel harboring the brain aneurysm.

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