Basilar tip aneurysms account for 5% - 8% of all intracranial aneurysms. They are known to rupture more frequently than aneurysms in other locations. Surgical clipping of basilar apex aneurysms however challenging;rem...Basilar tip aneurysms account for 5% - 8% of all intracranial aneurysms. They are known to rupture more frequently than aneurysms in other locations. Surgical clipping of basilar apex aneurysms however challenging;remains the treatment of choice in Ivory Coast due in part, to multiple technical barriers. A 60-year-old right-handed patient presented to our Neurosurgical Unit in February 2nd 2013 after a sudden onset of altered consciousness. Neurological examination revealed both an upper motor neuron and meningeal syndromes with a Glasgow Coma Scale of 12. Brain NECT scan and a subsequent brain CT angiography showed a subarachnoid haemorrhage and a 3.8 mm (height) × 5.2 mm (width) basilar tip aneurysm respectively. Surgical clipping of the aneurysm was indicated but due to multiple technical barriers, surgery was delayed and the patient underwent surgery after the critical vasospasm period. The patient developed a hospital acquired pneumonia after surgery and was successfully treated with antibiotics. Since her discharge, she has been asymptomatic. We sought to report this case of a basilar apex aneurysm successfully occluded with non-ferromagnetic SUGITA clips and to share our experience of clipping these lesions through the frontotemporal approach. The patient was informed that non identifying information from the case would be submitted for publication, and she provided consent.展开更多
目的探讨"Y"型支架技术辅助弹簧圈栓塞基底动脉尖部宽颈动脉瘤技术难点及难治病例的处置方法。方法回顾分析2008年1月至2011年1月6例"Y"型支架技术辅助弹簧圈栓塞基底动脉尖部宽颈破裂动脉瘤患者的临床资料。6例患...目的探讨"Y"型支架技术辅助弹簧圈栓塞基底动脉尖部宽颈动脉瘤技术难点及难治病例的处置方法。方法回顾分析2008年1月至2011年1月6例"Y"型支架技术辅助弹簧圈栓塞基底动脉尖部宽颈破裂动脉瘤患者的临床资料。6例患者术前均行CTA、MRA或DSA检查明确诊断,动脉瘤直径>10 mm 1例,5～10 mm 4例,3～5 mm 1例,均采用"Y"型支架技术辅助弹簧圈栓塞治疗。结果术中共用支架11枚,其中Neuroform支架9枚,Enterprise支架2枚。所有患者动脉瘤均得到致密栓塞,其中4例"Y"型支架技术构建顺利,2例出现支架移位,无严重并发症发生。结论正规熟练地操作,合适支架的选用,可以使"Y"型支架技术辅助治疗基底动脉宽颈动脉瘤并发症降至最低。展开更多
This paper studies the influence of a High-Porosity Mesh （HPM） stent on the hemodynamic characteristics in the intracranial aneurysm based on the Computational Fluid Dynamics （CFD）. An idealized basilar tip aneury...This paper studies the influence of a High-Porosity Mesh （HPM） stent on the hemodynamic characteristics in the intracranial aneurysm based on the Computational Fluid Dynamics （CFD）. An idealized basilar tip aneurysm model and a HPM stent model are built. The pulsating blood flow in a cardiac cycle is computationally simulated for non-stented and stented models, to provide a wealth of information of the spatio-temporally varying blood flow field. The influence of the stent placement on the hemodynamic characteristics is analyzed in terms of distributions of velocity, pressure, Wall Shear Stress （WSS） and Energy Loss （EL）, which are believed to play an important role in the development and rupture of the aneurysm. The numerical results clearly show that the velocity, pressure, WSS and EL of the blood flow in the aneurysm are reduced by 30%-40% when the HPM stent is implanted. These computational results may provide valuable hemodynamic information for clinical neurosurgeon.展开更多
文摘Basilar tip aneurysms account for 5% - 8% of all intracranial aneurysms. They are known to rupture more frequently than aneurysms in other locations. Surgical clipping of basilar apex aneurysms however challenging;remains the treatment of choice in Ivory Coast due in part, to multiple technical barriers. A 60-year-old right-handed patient presented to our Neurosurgical Unit in February 2nd 2013 after a sudden onset of altered consciousness. Neurological examination revealed both an upper motor neuron and meningeal syndromes with a Glasgow Coma Scale of 12. Brain NECT scan and a subsequent brain CT angiography showed a subarachnoid haemorrhage and a 3.8 mm (height) × 5.2 mm (width) basilar tip aneurysm respectively. Surgical clipping of the aneurysm was indicated but due to multiple technical barriers, surgery was delayed and the patient underwent surgery after the critical vasospasm period. The patient developed a hospital acquired pneumonia after surgery and was successfully treated with antibiotics. Since her discharge, she has been asymptomatic. We sought to report this case of a basilar apex aneurysm successfully occluded with non-ferromagnetic SUGITA clips and to share our experience of clipping these lesions through the frontotemporal approach. The patient was informed that non identifying information from the case would be submitted for publication, and she provided consent.
文摘目的探讨"Y"型支架技术辅助弹簧圈栓塞基底动脉尖部宽颈动脉瘤技术难点及难治病例的处置方法。方法回顾分析2008年1月至2011年1月6例"Y"型支架技术辅助弹簧圈栓塞基底动脉尖部宽颈破裂动脉瘤患者的临床资料。6例患者术前均行CTA、MRA或DSA检查明确诊断,动脉瘤直径>10 mm 1例,5～10 mm 4例,3～5 mm 1例,均采用"Y"型支架技术辅助弹簧圈栓塞治疗。结果术中共用支架11枚,其中Neuroform支架9枚,Enterprise支架2枚。所有患者动脉瘤均得到致密栓塞,其中4例"Y"型支架技术构建顺利,2例出现支架移位,无严重并发症发生。结论正规熟练地操作,合适支架的选用,可以使"Y"型支架技术辅助治疗基底动脉宽颈动脉瘤并发症降至最低。
基金Project supported by the Science and Technology Committee of Shanghai Municipality(Grant No.08JC1411200)the Chinese Medical Association Program(Grant No.09010200175)
文摘This paper studies the influence of a High-Porosity Mesh （HPM） stent on the hemodynamic characteristics in the intracranial aneurysm based on the Computational Fluid Dynamics （CFD）. An idealized basilar tip aneurysm model and a HPM stent model are built. The pulsating blood flow in a cardiac cycle is computationally simulated for non-stented and stented models, to provide a wealth of information of the spatio-temporally varying blood flow field. The influence of the stent placement on the hemodynamic characteristics is analyzed in terms of distributions of velocity, pressure, Wall Shear Stress （WSS） and Energy Loss （EL）, which are believed to play an important role in the development and rupture of the aneurysm. The numerical results clearly show that the velocity, pressure, WSS and EL of the blood flow in the aneurysm are reduced by 30%-40% when the HPM stent is implanted. These computational results may provide valuable hemodynamic information for clinical neurosurgeon.
