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In the case of broad-based aneurysms, a stent (wire mesh tube) is first placed across the aneurysm neck to serve as a scaffold for the coils (called stent-assisted coiling), which physicians can pack into an aneurysm to prevent it from rupturing and bleeding into the brain.
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Lehigh Valley Health Network has three Magnet-designated hospitals, including Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest and Lehigh Valley Hospital-17th Street, both in Allentown, Pa., and Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg in Bethlehem, Pa.. The health network is also comprised of labs, health centers, physician practices, home care, hospice and pharmacies, and serves the Pennsylvania communities of Easton, Doylestown, Quakertown, Hazleton, Lehighton, Perkasie, Pottstown, Pottsville, Reading, Scranton, Wilkes Barre, Stroudsburg, and the Poconos and also Phillipsburg and Flemington, N.J., and western New Jersey. Lehigh Valley Health Network has also been recognized by US News & World Report as one of America's Best Hospitals and by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Magnet hospital for excellence in nursing care. You don't have to travel to Philadelphia or New York for quality health care.
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