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Urgent Safety Notice for Intracranial Stent "SILK", Balt

Product group Non-active implants
Reference 00938/10

SILK, intracranial stent: The company Balt has informed about deaths due to ruptured aneurysm in patients treated with this product. These patients were treated without using embolization coils in the aneurysm sac.

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