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Chen CG, Gao BL, Yang CB, Hao XH, Ren CF, Yang L, Han YF, Cao QY. Safety and effects of endovascular treatment of basilar tip aneurysms in patients with moyamoya diseases. Medicine (Baltimore) 2023; 102:e32777. [PMID: 36705360 PMCID: PMC9875987 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000032777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The effect and safety of endovascular treatment of basilar tip aneurysms associated with moyamoya disease are unknown. This study was to investigate the safety and effect of endovascular treatment of basilar tip aneurysms associated with moyamoya disease. Patients with moyamoya disease concurrent with basilar tip aneurysms were retrospectively enrolled and treated with endovascular embolization. The clinical and angiographic data were analyzed. Thirty patients with a basilar tip aneurysm were enrolled, including 8 (26.67%) male and 22 (73.33%) female patients aged 38 to 72 years (mean 54.4 ± 8.15). Endovascular treatment was successfully performed in 29 (96.67%) patients but failed in 1 (3.33%). Immediately after embolization, aneurysm occlusion degree was Raymond-Roy grade I in 26 (89.66%), grade II in 2 (6.90%), and grade III in 1 (3.45%). Intraprocedural complications occurred in 2 (10%) patients, including aneurysm rupture in 1 (3.33%), leading to death of the patient, and stent thrombosis in 2 (6.67%) which was successfully treated with thrombolysis. At discharge, good clinical outcome (modified Rankin Scale 0-2) was achieved in 29 (96.67%) and death in 1 (3.03%). Follow-up was performed 6 to 26 months (median 15) in 27 (93.1%) patients. Aneurysm occlusion degree was Raymond-Roy grade I in 21 (77.78%) patients, grade II in 4 (14.81%), and grade III in 2 (7.41%), not significantly (P = .67) different from those immediately after embolization. Aneurysm recurrence was found in 4 patients (14.81%). The clinical outcome was modified Rankin Scale 0 to 2 in all 27 patients, not significantly different from that at discharge. Endovascular embolization can be performed safely and effectively for basilar tip aneurysms associated with moyamoya disease even though more advanced embolization techniques are necessary.
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- Chun-Guang Chen
- Department of Neurosurgery, Liaoyang City Central Hospital, Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shijiazhuang People’s Hospital, Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province, China
- * Correspondence: Bu-Lang Gao, Department of Neurosurgery, Shijiazhuang People’s Hospital, 365 South Jianhua Street, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province 050011, China (e-mail: )
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shijiazhuang People’s Hospital, Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shijiazhuang People’s Hospital, Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province, China
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- Department of Laboratory Analysis, Zhengzhou University First Affiliated Hospital, Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shijiazhuang People’s Hospital, Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shijiazhuang People’s Hospital, Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shijiazhuang People’s Hospital, Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province, China
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Larson AS, Mehta T, Grande AW. Neurosurgical management of aneurysms of the vertebrobasilar system: increasing indications for endovascular therapy with a continued role for open microneurosurgery. Neurosurg Rev 2021; 44:2469-2476. [PMID: 33409762 DOI: 10.1007/s10143-020-01460-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Revised: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Aneurysms of the vertebrobasilar system remain among the most challenging subsets of aneurysms to treat with an open surgical approach. Since Charles Drake's pioneering work in the 1960s, several advances in microsurgical techniques have improved outcomes and feasibility in the open surgical management of these aneurysms. In parallel, the field of endovascular neurosurgery has provided several safe and effective treatment options. Multiple trials have suggested that endovascular therapy for aneurysms of the vertebrobasilar system is superior to open surgical management in most cases. In some instances, however, open surgical management likely represents a more effective and durable option relative to endovascular therapy. Therefore, continued training of future cerebrovascular specialists in open surgery of vertebrobasilar aneurysms remains crucial. With widespread utilization of endovascular techniques, however, proper exposure of trainees to such aneurysms is growing increasingly difficult. In this review, we discuss the recent advances in the endovascular management of vertebrobasilar aneurysms while also emphasizing the continued importance of open microneurosurgery in such cases.
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- Anthony S Larson
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, 420 Delaware St SE., Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, 420 Delaware St SE., Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
- Department of Interventional Neuroradiology and Neurology, Ayer Neuroscience Institute, Hartford Healthcare, West Hartford, CT, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, 420 Delaware St SE., Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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The prospects and pitfalls in the endovascular treatment of moyamoya disease-associated intracranial aneurysms. Neurosurg Rev 2020; 44:261-271. [PMID: 32052219 DOI: 10.1007/s10143-020-01261-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2019] [Revised: 01/19/2020] [Accepted: 02/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Moyamoya disease (MMD) is characterized by progressive stenosis or occlusion of the distal internal carotid artery and simultaneous formation of collateral vasculature. The fragile alteration and increased hemodynamic stress in the intra- and extracranial vasculature would conjointly result in the formation of intracranial aneurysms in MMD patients. According to our classification, the MMD-associated aneurysms are divided into the major artery aneurysms (MAAs) and non-MAAs. The non-MAAs are further subdivided into the distal choroidal artery aneurysms, moyamoya vessel aneurysms, transdural collateral aneurysms, and anastomosis aneurysms. Currently, endovascular treatment (EVT) has become the main stream for the MMD-associated aneurysms. There is no difference to EVT for the MMD-associated MAAs of the non-stenosed major arteries with that in the non-MMD patients. While it is a big challenge to perform EVT for MMD-associated aneurysms in the stenosed arteries. Generally speaking, the parent arteries of the non-MAAs are slim, and super-selective catheterization is technically difficult. Most of the times, parent artery occlusion with liquid embolic agents or coils can only be performed. The vasculature in MMD patients is fragile; perioperative management and meticulous intraoperative manipulation are also very important to avoid complications during EVT. In spites of the complications, the EVT can bring good outcome in selected cases of MMD-associated aneurysms.
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Koizumi S, Shojima M, Iijima A, Oya S, Matsui T, Yoshikawa G, Tsutsumi K, Nakatomi H, Saito N. Stent-assisted Coiling for Ruptured Basilar Artery Dissecting Aneurysms: An Initial Experience of Four Cases. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 2015; 56:43-8. [PMID: 26667082 PMCID: PMC4728149 DOI: 10.2176/nmc.cr.2015-0233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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No treatment strategy has been established for subarachnoid hemorrhages due to basilar artery (BA) trunk dissecting aneurysms. Our aim was to report our initial experience performing stent-assisted coiling (SAC) for ruptured BA dissecting aneurysms to validate the effectiveness of this treatment. We experienced four consecutive cases of ruptured dissecting BA trunk aneurysm treated with SAC between 2008 and 2014 at three institutions. Aneurysm rebleeding was prevented without causing severe brainstem ischemia in all cases. In our opinion, both the blockage of the inflow to aneurysms and the preservation of the antegrade flow of the BA can be achieved by SAC, although controversies regarding long-term stability and appropriate antiplatelet therapy remain.
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- Satoshi Koizumi
- Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital
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