1. Complete or Partial Parent Artery Sacrifice: Effect of Vessel-Occlusion Strategies on Complete Obliteration of Complex Aneurysms
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Nils Hecht, Lars Wessels, Katharina Faust, Marcus Czabanka, Peter Vajkoczy, and Ulf C. Schneider
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Adult ,Male ,Middle Cerebral Artery ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Vessel occlusion ,Parent artery ,Cerebral Revascularization ,Aneurysm, Ruptured ,Revascularization ,Neurosurgical Procedures ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Aneurysm ,Occlusion ,Humans ,Medicine ,Vascular Diseases ,cardiovascular diseases ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Intracranial Aneurysm ,Clipping (medicine) ,Digital subtraction angiography ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Cerebral Angiography ,Surgery ,Treatment Outcome ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,cardiovascular system ,Female ,Neurology (clinical) ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Objective/Background A small number of complex intracranial aneurysms are not amenable to direct clipping strategies or endovascular treatment. In these patients, parent artery sacrifice and bypass revascularization for aneurysm occlusion is an option. There are 3 strategies for parent artery sacrifice: trapping, complete occlusion of the inflow, and outflow segment; proximal occlusion of the inflow vessel; and distal occlusion of the outflow vessel(s). This study aimed to compare these techniques with regard to aneurysm occlusion rates. Methods We reviewed our database for cerebral revascularization before parent artery sacrifice to treat cerebral aneurysms. We assessed aneurysm occlusion rates 3 and 12 months after surgery, outcome, and postoperative aneurysm rupture. Results In total, 121 patients underwent parent artery sacrifice for complex aneurysms; 30% of the parent arteries were trapped, 58% proximally, and 12% distally occluded. Postoperative digital subtraction angiography revealed an aneurysm occlusion rate of 100% after trapping. Proximal occlusion led to early complete aneurysm occlusion in 71% of the cases, 21% occluded during follow-up. The complete occlusion rate was 96%, distal occlusion had an early aneurysm occlusion rate of 40%, 40% occluded during follow-up. Complete aneurysm occlusion rate was only 80%. All 3 techniques resulted in a volume reduction of more than 60% without a significant difference between the groups. The annual aneurysm rupture rate after distal parent artery sacrifice was 15%; there was no rupture after trapping or proximal parent artery sacrifice. Conclusions Trapping and proximal parent artery sacrifice seem to be superior to distal parent artery sacrifice regarding occlusion and rupture rates.
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- 2021