The evolution of intracranial aneurysm treatment techniques and future directions

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Treatment techniques and management guidelines for intracranial aneurysms (IAs) have been continually developing and this rapid development has altered treatment decision-making for clinicians. IAs are treated in one of two ways: surgical treatments such as microsurgical clipping with or without bypass techniques, and endovascular methods such as coiling, balloon- or stent-assisted coiling, or intravascular flow diversion and intrasaccular flow disruption. In certain cases, a single approach may be inadequate in completely resolving the IA and successful treatment requires a combination of microsurgical and endovascular techniques, such as in complex aneurysms. The treatment option should be considered based on factors such as age; past medical history; comorbidities; patient preference; aneurysm characteristics such as location, morphology, and size; and finally the operator's experience. The purpose of this review is to provide practicing neurosurgeons with a summary of the techniques available, and to aid decision-making by highlighting ideal or less ideal cases for a given technique. Next, we illustrate the evolution of techniques to overcome the shortfalls of preceding techniques. At the outset, we emphasize that this decision-making process is dynamic and will be directed by current best scientific evidence, and future technological advances.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:45

Enthalten in:

Neurosurgical review - 45(2022), 1 vom: 23. Feb., Seite 1-25

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lee, Keng Siang [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, John J Y [VerfasserIn]
Nguyen, Vincent [VerfasserIn]
Han, Julian [VerfasserIn]
Johnson, Jeremiah N [VerfasserIn]
Kirollos, Ramez [VerfasserIn]
Teo, Mario [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aneurysms
Clipping
Coiling
Endovascular embolization
Flow diversion
Journal Article
Review
Stents
Subarachnoid hemorrhage

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Date Completed 11.02.2022

Date Revised 14.08.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10143-021-01543-z

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM324448651