A ruptured cerebral aneurysm is a possible life threatening event. A person that has a cerebral aneurysm may experience excruciating headaches due to a bulge in an artery. This bulge can form anywhere on the brain and most commonly is called the 'berry' aneurysm, "it has a well-defined stem and berry-like outpouching of the medial layer of the arterial wall." (Mower-Wade) For years neurosurgeons have been using a procedure called clipping to remove the aneurysm; …showed first 75 words of 828 total…

…showed last 75 words of 828 total…Coiling may appear to be the breakthrough method in treating aneurysms, patients should take Dr. Tommy Thompson's advice when he says "We won't know for sure how effective the coils are until we follow patients for 10 years or more."(Gupta 77) Works Cited Gupta M.D., Sanjay. "To Clip or to Coil?" TIME. 4 March 2002 Pg: 77 Mower-Wade, Donna. "Protecting a patient with ruptured cerebral aneurysm." Nursing. Feb 2001. Available Online: http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m3231/2_31/70741585/print.jhtml