1. LVIS Jr Device for Y-Stent-Assisted Coil Embolization of Wide-Neck Intracranial Aneurysms: A Multicenter Experience
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Edgar A. Samaniego, Sudeepta Dandapat, David Leedahl, Vladimir Kalousek, Aldo A Mendez, Alberto Maud, Guilherme Dabus, Italo Linfante, Santiago Ortega-Gutierrez, Thanh N. Nguyen, Ameer E Hassan, Waldo R. Guerrero, Alexander Drofa, David Hasan, and Evgueni Kouznetsov
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Original Paper ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Stent ,Posterior cerebral artery ,medicine.disease ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,Surgery ,03 medical and health sciences ,Anterior communicating artery ,0302 clinical medicine ,Aneurysm ,Posterior inferior cerebellar artery ,Modified Rankin Scale ,medicine.artery ,Middle cerebral artery ,medicine ,cardiovascular diseases ,Neurology (clinical) ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Stroke ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Background and Purpose: Complex wide-neck intracranial aneurysms are challenging to treat. We report a multicenter experience using the LVIS Jr stent for “Y-stent”-assisted coiling embolization of wide-neck bifurcation aneurysms. Methods: Seven centers provided retrospective data on patients who underwent Y-stenting. Technical complications, immediate posttreatment angiographic results, clinical outcomes, and imaging follow-up were assessed. Results: Thirty patients/aneurysms were treated: 15 basilar tip, 8 middle cerebral artery, 4 anterior communicating artery, 1 pericallosal, and 2 posterior inferior cerebellar artery aneurysms. The mean aneurysm size was 11 mm and the mean dome-to-neck ratio was 1.3 mm. Twenty-four aneurysms were unruptured and treated electively, and 6 were acutely ruptured. Fifty-eight LVIS Jr stents were successfully deployed without any technical issue. One procedural and transient in-stent thrombosis resolved with the intravenous infusion of a glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor. Five periprocedural complications (within 30 days) occurred: 2 periprocedural neurological complications (1 small temporal stroke that presented with transient aphasia and 1 posterior cerebral artery infarct) and 3 nonneurological periprocedural complications (2 retroperitoneal hematomas, and 1 patient developed a disseminated intravascular coagulopathy). One permanent complication (3.3%) directly related to Y-stenting was reported in the patient who suffered the posterior cerebral artery infarct. Immediate complete obliteration (Raymond-Roy Occlusion Classification [RROC] I–II) was achieved in 26 cases (89.6%). Twenty-four patients had clinical and imaging follow-up (mean 5.2 months). Complete angiographic occlusion (RROC I–II) was observed in 23 patients (96%). A good functional outcome with a modified Rankin Scale score ≤2 was achieved in 26 cases. Conclusions: In this multicenter case series, Y-stent-assisted coiling of wide-neck aneurysms with the LVIS Jr device was feasible and relatively safe. Follow-up imaging demonstrated very low recanalization rates.
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- 2018