There is a gent on this site, you can private him, the name is fence. He has had surgery for this by the very best in the country. He may be able to give you the name of the facility and surgeon, who has written a book on this condition. He had a fusiform aneurysm. I looked this up on the internet and found out alot about aneurosyms. I wish you all the best, and hope you can find a solution and cure for this. ginnie PS I have the name of the physician Spetzler, as I said he wrote a book on it, you may want to try to find the medical text this particular doctor wrote.