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Is coiling really more costly than clipping in patients with ruptured intracranial aneurysm?

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Wolstenholme J et al. (2007) Treatment pathways, resource use, and costs of endovascular coiling versus surgical clipping after aSAH. Stroke 39: 111–119

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