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A new technique allowing prolonged temporary cerebral artery occlusion.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19035732     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECT: Clipping of complex cerebral aneurysms often requires temporary vessel occlusion. The risk of stroke, however, increases exponentially with occlusion time. The authors hypothesized that prolonged temporary occlusion might be tolerated if the occluded vessels were perfused with cold physiological saline solution (CPSS). A low-flow perfusion rate would permit surgical manipulation of an aneurysm distal to the occlusion. METHODS: To test this hypothesis, the authors temporarily occluded the middle cerebral artery (MCA) with an endovascular catheter in 6 rats. Three animals, the treatment group, were perfused with 5-ml CPSS/hour through the occluding endovascular catheter into the MCA, and the other 3 served as an ischemic control group. In both groups, the catheter was removed after 90 minutes of occlusion. The brain temperature was monitored with a stereotactically placed probe in the caudate-putamen in 2 separate experimental groups (11 animals). RESULTS: Magnetic resonance imaging perfusion scanning during vessel occlusion confirmed similar reduction of cerebral blood flow during MCA occlusion in both the simple-occlusion and perfusion-occlusion groups. Magnetic resonance imaging diffusion scans performed 24 hours after temporary occlusion revealed infarcts in the ischemic control group of 138.3 +/- 28.0 mm(3) versus 9.9 +/- 9.9 mm(3) in the cold saline group (p < 0.005). A focal cooling effect during perfusion with CPSS was demonstrated (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Prolonged temporary cerebral vessel occlusion can be tolerated using superselective CPSS perfusion through an occluding endovascular catheter into the ischemic territory. This technique could possibly be applied in neurosurgery practice to the management of complex intracranial aneurysms.
Authors:
Erik F Hauck; Jingna Wei; Michael J Quast; Haring J W Nauta
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of neurosurgery     Volume:  109     ISSN:  0022-3085     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Neurosurg.     Publication Date:  2008 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-11-27     Completed Date:  2009-01-07     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0253357     Medline TA:  J Neurosurg     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1127-33     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Texas, USA. erik.hauck@utsouthwestern.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Body Temperature / physiology
Brain / physiology
Cerebrovascular Disorders / physiopathology*
Intracranial Aneurysm / surgery*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Cerebral Artery / drug effects*,  physiopathology*
Models, Animal
Perfusion
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Risk Factors
Sodium Chloride / administration & dosage,  pharmacology*
Stroke / prevention & control
Surgical Instruments*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
7647-14-5/Sodium Chloride

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