| Tiny intracranial aneurysms: Endovascular treatment by coil embolisation or sole stent deployment. | |
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PMID: 21435809 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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PURPOSE: Tiny intracranial aneurysms pose a significant therapeutic challenge for interventional neuroradiologists. The authors report their preliminary results of endovascular treatment of these aneurysms. METHODS: Between January 2002 and December 2009, 52 tiny intracranial aneurysms (defined as ≤3mm in maximum diameter) in 46 patients (22 men; mean age, 57.9years) were treated by endosaccular coil embolisation or sole stent deployment in the parent artery. Of 52 aneurysms, 29 had ruptured and 23 remained unruptured. The initial angiographic results, procedural complications, and clinical outcomes were assessed at discharge. Imaging follow-up was performed with cerebral angiography. RESULTS: One aneurysm coiling procedure failed because of unsuccessful micro-catheterization. Forty-three aneurysms were successfully coil embolized, of which complete occlusion was obtained in 14, subtotal occlusion in 18 and incomplete occlusion in 11. The other 8 aneurysms were treated by sole stent deployment in the parent artery. Procedural complications (2 intraprocedural ruptures and 3 thromboembolic events) occurred in 5 (9.6%) of 52 aneurysms, resulting in permanent morbidity in only 1 (2.2%, 1/46) patient. No rebleeding occurred during clinical follow-up (mean duration, 46.7months). Of the 16 coiled aneurysms that receiving repetitive angiography, 6 initially completely and 3 subtotally occluded aneurysms remained unchanged, 4 initially subtotally and 3 incompletely occluded aneurysms progressed to total occlusion. Five sole stent deployed aneurysms received angiographic follow-up (mean duration, 10.0months), of which 3 remained unchanged, 1 became smaller and 1 progressed to total occlusion. CONCLUSION: Endovascular treatment of tiny intracranial aneurysms is technical feasible and relatively safe. Coil embolisation seems to be effective in preventing early recanalisation, whereas sole stenting technique needs further investigation to determine its effectiveness. |
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Jun Lu; Jia-Chun Liu; Li-Jun Wang; Peng Qi; Da-Ming Wang |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-3-22 |
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Title: European journal of radiology Volume: - ISSN: 1872-7727 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Mar |
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Created Date: 2011-3-25 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8106411 Medline TA: Eur J Radiol Country: - |
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Hospital, 1 Dahua Road Dongdan, Beijing 100730, China. |
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