Microcatheter Looping Technique Facilitates the Embolization of Complex Intracranial Aneurysms with an Acute Angle Branch Incorporated into the Sac

• Published in: World neurosurgery Vol. 100; pp. 56 - 61
• Main Authors: Xiaoxi, Zhang, Jing, Cai, Qinghai, Huang, Jianmin, Liu, Bo, Hong, Dongwei, Dai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.04.2017
• Subjects: Acute angle branch; Adult; Aged; Angiography, Digital Subtraction; Catheters; Cerebral Angiography; Embolization; Embolization, Therapeutic - instrumentation; Embolization, Therapeutic - methods; Female; Humans; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Intracranial Aneurysm - diagnostic imaging; Intracranial Aneurysm - surgery; Intracranial aneurysms; Male; Microcatheter looping technique; Middle Aged; Neurosurgery; Stents; Treatment Outcome; Intracranial aneurysms; PICA; DSA; Microcatheter looping technique; MLT; Embolization; MCA; Acute angle branch; Internal Carotid Artery; Anterior Cerebral Artery; AchA; PcomA; ICA; Magnetic Resonance Angiography; GOS; Middle Cerebral Artery; Computed Tomography Angiography; Anterior choroidal Artery; Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery; CTA; Posterior communicating Artery; Glasgow outcome scale; AICA; Digital Subtraction Angiography; Microcatheter Looping Technique; Anterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery; MRA; ACA

Intracranial aneurysms with an acutely angled parent vessel are difficult to enter using conventional techniques. This study examined efficacy, safety, and technical aspects of intraluminal, intra-aneurysmal, and in vitro microcatheter looping techniques (MLTs). MLTs were used to treat intracranial...