Endovascular coiling vs. surgical clipping for unruptured intracranial aneurysm: A meta-analysis

摘要

Background. With increasing use of high-resolution imaging of brain, unruptured aneurysms are more and more frequently detected. With the advances in treatment techniques, an increasing number of aneurysms are now occluded using endovascular coiling instead of conventional surgical clipping. However, the better modality for unruptured intracranial aneurysm has been poorly understood.