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Embolization of Ruptured and Unruptured Aneurysms with the Contour Neurovascular System—Summary of 106 Cases

Fritz Wodarg, Fernando Bueno Neves, Friederike Gärtner, Naomi Larsen, Sönke Peters, Johannes Hensler, Tristan Klintz, Justus Mahnke, Hajrullah Ahmeti, Alexander Doukas, Olav Jansen and Karim Mostafa
American Journal of Neuroradiology April 2025, 46 (4) 698-705; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8606
Fritz Wodarg
aFrom the Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology (F.W., F.B.N., F.G., N.L., S.P., J.H., T.K., J.M., O.J., K.M.), University Hospital Schleswig Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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Fernando Bueno Neves
aFrom the Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology (F.W., F.B.N., F.G., N.L., S.P., J.H., T.K., J.M., O.J., K.M.), University Hospital Schleswig Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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Friederike Gärtner
aFrom the Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology (F.W., F.B.N., F.G., N.L., S.P., J.H., T.K., J.M., O.J., K.M.), University Hospital Schleswig Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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Naomi Larsen
aFrom the Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology (F.W., F.B.N., F.G., N.L., S.P., J.H., T.K., J.M., O.J., K.M.), University Hospital Schleswig Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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Sönke Peters
aFrom the Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology (F.W., F.B.N., F.G., N.L., S.P., J.H., T.K., J.M., O.J., K.M.), University Hospital Schleswig Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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Johannes Hensler
aFrom the Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology (F.W., F.B.N., F.G., N.L., S.P., J.H., T.K., J.M., O.J., K.M.), University Hospital Schleswig Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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Tristan Klintz
aFrom the Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology (F.W., F.B.N., F.G., N.L., S.P., J.H., T.K., J.M., O.J., K.M.), University Hospital Schleswig Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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Justus Mahnke
aFrom the Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology (F.W., F.B.N., F.G., N.L., S.P., J.H., T.K., J.M., O.J., K.M.), University Hospital Schleswig Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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Hajrullah Ahmeti
bDepartment of Neurosurgery (H.A., A.D.), University hospital Schleswig Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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Alexander Doukas
bDepartment of Neurosurgery (H.A., A.D.), University hospital Schleswig Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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Olav Jansen
aFrom the Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology (F.W., F.B.N., F.G., N.L., S.P., J.H., T.K., J.M., O.J., K.M.), University Hospital Schleswig Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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Karim Mostafa
aFrom the Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology (F.W., F.B.N., F.G., N.L., S.P., J.H., T.K., J.M., O.J., K.M.), University Hospital Schleswig Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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