Minimally-Invasive Treatments for Ruptured Aneurysms

At North Jersey Brain and Spine Center, we are qualified to conduct procedures such as minimally-invasive treatments. Our board of neurosurgeons are certified with sub-specialty fellowship training in Spine, Neuro-Oncology, skull base surgery, endovascular and functional neurosurgery. When it comes to ruptured aneurysms, a thorough evaluation by a neurosurgeon or an interventional neuroradiologist who specializes in treatment for vascular diseases of the brain is needed immediately. Here at North Jersey Brain and Spine Center, our medical staff is fully trained to assist you with our minimally-invasive treatments for ruptured aneurysms.

A brain aneurysm is often described as a bubble on the blood vessel wall as it expands. It usually starts at a weak point on an arterial blood vessel wall that expands over many years. Because blood is continuously pumped through our bodies, blood going to an aneurysm will cause it to continue to grow until it ruptures. Minimally-invasive treatments for ruptured aneurysms are one of the top procedures to ensure a person will recover. Some symptoms of a ruptured blood vessel include:

• sudden headache
• nausea
• vomiting
• stiff neck
• sensitivity to light
• loss of consciousness
• seizures

Once an aneurysm has ruptured, it requires immediate treatment by a brain aneurysm specialist in an emergency room. Because it has ruptured once, there is a great chance that it will rupture again in the next 24 hours if it is not successfully treated. Because of this, minimally-invasive treatments for ruptured aneurysms are needed to ensure a person's health.

When dealing with ruptured aneurysms, minimally-invasive surgery is a medical procedure that is similar to a cardiac catheterization. It is otherwise known as a cerebral angiogram. This procedure is more sensitive and more accurate than a CAT scan or an MRI of the brain for detecting and evaluating brain aneurysms. This minimally-invasive treatment for ruptured aneurysms is performed by inserting one plastic tube into an the artery that supplied blood to the aneurysm and a second tube placed in the aneurysm. By x-ray guidance, special metallic platinum coils are then moved into the aneurysm until it is filled with coils, which will cause blood to stop flowing within the aneurysm.

Here at North Jersey Brain and Spine Center, we treat approximately 100 ruptured brain aneurysms each year which means we have a lot of experience dealing with patients and their families alike. We are one of the most sophisticated medical centers in the northeast for treating brain aneurysms and other diseases affecting the brain.

For more information on North Jersey Brain and Spine and our minimally-invasive treatments for ruptured aneurysms, call us today at (201) 342-2550.