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Acta Neurochirurgica
Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica 11/2014

01-11-2014 | How I Do it - Vascular

How I do it: treatment of blood blister-like aneurysms of the supraclinoid internal carotid artery by extracranial-to-intracranial bypass and trapping

Authors: Ulaş Cıkla, Christopher Baggott, Mustafa K. Başkaya

Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica | Issue 11/2014

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Abstract

Background

Blood blister-like aneurysms (BBAs) pose a significant challenge to neurosurgeons and neuro-interventionalists. These fragile broad-based aneurysms have a propensity to rupture with minimal manipulation during surgical or endovascular explorations because, unlike saccular aneurysms, they lack all layers of the arterial wall. Aneurysm trapping with extracranial-intracranial (EC-IC) bypass is a safe and durable treatment for BBAs.

Methods

We describe our technique and the guiding principles for surgical bypass and trapping of BBAs of the supraclinoid internal carotid artery (ICA).

Conclusions

Treatment of BBAs of the supraclinoid ICA remains difficult. Aneurysm trapping with EC-IC bypass treats BBAs definitively by eliminating the diseased segment of the ICA. We have found the technique and principles described here to be safe and durable in our hands.
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Metadata
Title
How I do it: treatment of blood blister-like aneurysms of the supraclinoid internal carotid artery by extracranial-to-intracranial bypass and trapping
Authors
Ulaş Cıkla
Christopher Baggott
Mustafa K. Başkaya
Publication date
01-11-2014
Publisher
Springer Vienna
Published in
Acta Neurochirurgica / Issue 11/2014
Print ISSN: 0001-6268
Electronic ISSN: 0942-0940
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-014-2212-8

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