| Intraoperative computed tomography angiography with computed tomography perfusion imaging in vascular neurosurgery: feasibility of a new concept. | |
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PMID: 19817544 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECT: In vascular neurosurgery, there is a demand for intraoperative imaging of blood vessels as well as for rapid information about critical impairment of brain perfusion. This study was conducted to analyze the feasibility of intraoperative CT angiography and brain perfusion mapping using an up-to-date multislice CT scanner in a prospective pilot series. METHODS: Ten patients with unruptured aneurysms underwent intraoperative scanning with a 40-slice sliding-gantry CT scanner. Multimodal CT acquisition was obtained in 8 patients consisting of dynamic perfusion CT (PCT) scanning followed by intracranial CT angiography. Two of these patients underwent CT angiography and PCT 2 times in 1 session as a control after repositioning cerebral aneurysm clips. In another 2 patients, CT angiography was performed alone. The quality of all imaging obtained was assessed in a blinded consensus reading performed by an experienced neurosurgeon and an experienced neuroradiologist. A 6-point scoring system ranging from excellent to insufficient was used for quality evaluation of PCT and CT angiography. RESULTS: In 9 of 10 PCT data sets, the quality was rated excellent or good. In the remaining case, the quality was rated insufficient for diagnostic evaluation due to major streak artifacts induced by the titanium pins of the head clamp. In this particular case, the quality of the related CT angiography was rated good and sufficient for intraoperative decision making. The quality of all 12 CT angiography data sets was rated excellent or good. In 1 patient with an anterior communicating artery aneurysm, PCT scanning led to a repositioning of the clip because of an ischemic pattern of the perfusion parameter maps due to clip stenosis of an artery. The subsequent PCT scan obtained in this patient revealed an improved perfusion of the related vascular territory, and follow-up MR imaging showed only minor ischemia of the anterior cerebral artery territory. CONCLUSIONS: Intraoperative CT angiography and PCT scanning were shown to be feasible with short acquisition time, little interference with the surgical workflow, and very good diagnostic imaging quality. Thus, these modalities might be very helpful in vascular neurosurgery. Having demonstrated their feasibility, the impact of these methods on patients' outcomes has now to be analyzed prospectively in a larger series. |
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Authors:
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Christian Schichor; Walter Rachinger; Dominik Morhard; Stefan Zausinger; Thomas J Heigl; Maximilian Reiser; J?rg-Christian Tonn |
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Type: Clinical Trial; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of neurosurgery Volume: 112 ISSN: 1933-0693 ISO Abbreviation: J. Neurosurg. Publication Date: 2010 Apr |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-04-06 Completed Date: 2010-04-22 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0253357 Medline TA: J Neurosurg Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 722-8 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Department of Neurosurgery, Klinikum Grosshadern, University of Munich, Germany. Schichor@web.de |
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Adult Cerebral Angiography / instrumentation, methods* Cerebrovascular Circulation Feasibility Studies Female Humans Intracranial Aneurysm / radiography*, surgery* Intraoperative Care / instrumentation, methods* Male Middle Aged Neurosurgical Procedures* Operating Rooms Pilot Projects Prospective Studies Surgical Instruments Tomography, X-Ray Computed / instrumentation, methods* Treatment Outcome |
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