clhs sciblog » brain aneurysm http://clhs-chawks.org/sciblog Musings on current happenings in science from our little slice of the world. Mon, 21 May 2012 19:54:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Putty used in preventing ulcers ? http://clhs-chawks.org/sciblog/index.php/2009/02/putty-used-in-preventing-ulcers/ http://clhs-chawks.org/sciblog/index.php/2009/02/putty-used-in-preventing-ulcers/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:41:53 +0000 kolandac http://clhs-chawks.org/sciblog/?p=380 In Portland Oregon two patients from Health and Science University are the first on the West Coast to receive  a new stroke prevention system that uses a putty like polymer substance to seal brain aneurysm. This Substance, known as Onyx is a black ink but once squirted with saline it forms into a spongy bead the size of a BB. The patients, Joyce Turner68, of Kings Valley and Rob Pardee 48, of Talent, underwent surgeries  October  23 at O.H.S.U Hospital to fix aneurysms weakened places of an artery wall that bulge out and fill with fluid that were at risk of rupturing. Both were able to go home the next day. “It’s a little bit like placing putty in a hole in the wall,” Barnwell said. “It if stops an aneurysm from growing back, it’ll be very useful.”

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