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Acta Neurologica Belgica
Published in: Acta Neurologica Belgica 6/2021

01-12-2021 | Intracranial Aneurysm | Original article

Intraoperative fluorescein video angiography in intracranial aneurysm surgery: single-center, observational cohort study

Authors: Wojciech Świątnicki, Jarosław Szymański, Anna Szymańska, Piotr Komuński

Published in: Acta Neurologica Belgica | Issue 6/2021

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to compare the incidence of postoperative, surgery-related complications in patients where fluorescein video angiography (FL-VA) was performed with those operated without intraoperative verification. This is an observational cohort study including 97 patients who were selected for microsurgical clipping due to intracranial aneurysm. First 52 patients enrolled in the study were operated prior to introduction of fluorescein fluorescence in our surgical workflow. These patients were considered as controls. The study group consisted of 45 consecutive patients operated with the use of fluorescein video angiography and by the same surgical team. Outcomes in both groups were compared using non-parametric test (Mann–Whitney U). Intraoperative fluorescein video angiography revealed aneurysm remnant or inadvertent vessel occlusion in 17.8% of patients. Following clip reposition, a repeated FL-VA was performed to confirm restoration of blood flow and/or complete aneurysm obliteration. Intraoperative findings were later confirmed using computed tomography angiography (CTA). None of the patients in our study group developed surgery-related complications; whereas in the control group, aneurysm remnant was discovered in 7.7%, brain ischemia in 9.6% and both of the latter in 5.8% of patients. Difference in treatment-related outcome was statistically significant (p < 0.05). Intraoperative fluorescein video angiography successfully identified aneurysm residual and adjacent artery occlusion leading to excellent outcome following clip reposition.
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Metadata
Title
Intraoperative fluorescein video angiography in intracranial aneurysm surgery: single-center, observational cohort study
Authors
Wojciech Świątnicki
Jarosław Szymański
Anna Szymańska
Piotr Komuński
Publication date
01-12-2021
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Acta Neurologica Belgica / Issue 6/2021
Print ISSN: 0300-9009
Electronic ISSN: 2240-2993
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-020-01365-8

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