Stents, intracranial aneurysms

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Lanzino, G., Kanaan, Y., Perrini, P., Dayoub, H. Fraser, K. (2005) Emerging concepts in the treatment of intracranial aneurysms stents, coated coils, and liquid embolic agents. Neurosurgery, 57, 449-459. 

Wanke I, Doerfler A, Schoch B, Stolke D, Forsting M (2003) Treatment of wide-necked intracranial aneurysms with a self-expanding stent system initial clinical experience. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 24 1192-1199 Wanke I, Doerfler A, Goericke S, Gizewski ER, Sandalcioglu... 

Molyneux A J. Kerr R S, Yu L M et al. (2005) International subarachnoid aneurysm trial (ISAT) of neurosurgical clipping versus endovascular coiling in 2,143 patients with ruptured intracranial aneurysms a randomised comparison of effects on survival, dependency, seizures, rebleeding, subgroups, and aneurysm occlusion. Lancet 3-9 366 809-917 Richter G, Engelhorn T, Struffert T et al. (2007) Flat panel detector angiographic CT for stent-assisted coil embolization of broad-based cerebral aneurysms. Am J Neurora-diol 28 1902-1908... 

Chalouhi N, Jabbour P, Kung D, Flasan D. Safety and efficacy of tirofiban in stent-assisted coil embolization of intracranial aneurysms. Neurosurgery 2012 71(3) 710-4. 

Some possible apphcations of shape memory alloys are orthodontic dental archwire, intracranial aneurysm clip, vena cava filter, contractile artificial muscles for an artificial heart, vascular stent, catheter guide wire, and orthopedic staple [Duerig et al., 1990]. 

Embolic materials for both intracranial AVMs and aneurysms have come a long way since the first endovascular embolization procedure was carried out. Much advancement to this branch of neurosurgery came about because of an emphasis on development of equipment that was better suited to endovascular techniques. Some of these inventions include flow-directed microcatheters, endovascular balloons, and re-designed stents. Owing to a greater capacity to perform endovascular techniques with suitable equipment, the development of better embolic materials has followed. Now, there are a variety of techniques and materials that endovascular neurosurgeons have at their disposal, all of which provide a variety of benefits, yet have considerable drawbacks. Efforts are always being made to improve current materials and techniques, as well as to... 

Lanzino G, Wakhloo AK, Fessler RD, Hartney ML, Guter-man LR, Hopkins LN (1999b) Efficacy and current limitations of intravascular stents for intracranial internal carotid, vertebral, and basilar artery aneurysms. J Neurosurg 91 538-546... 

For patients undergoing stent-assisted coil embolization of broad-based aneurysms, early recognition of procedure-related complications may be essential, such as incomplete stent deployment, stent migration during the coiling, or intracranial hemorrhage due to perforation of the aneurysm or the parent artery. 

We have successfully utilized a few different techniques of stent-reconstruction for the management of CBS, which can be broadly classified as follows. First, in a similar fashion to techniques developed for the treatment of wide-neck aneurysms of the intracranial circulation [37,53-56], endovascular stenting across a pseudoaneurysm can be per-... 

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