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3D Turbo Spin-echo MRI-based Mechanical Thrombectomy at Middle Cerebral Artery Bifurcations

We describe three cases with acute middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion. From the pre-operative MRI, including three-dimensional turbo spin-echo sequences using T1WI and T2WI, we assessed both thrombus configuration and arterial anatomy at the MCA bifurcations. For efficient endovascular thrombect...

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Autores principales: OHARA, Jiro, FUJIMOTO, Motoaki, TANI, Shoichi, OGATA, Hideki, SHIMIZU, Kampei, TAGUCHI, Tomoaki, ITANI, Masahiko, AKIYAMA, Yoshinori
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japan Neurosurgical Society 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8918366/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34880196
http://dx.doi.org/10.2176/nmc.tn.2021-0179
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Sumario:We describe three cases with acute middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion. From the pre-operative MRI, including three-dimensional turbo spin-echo sequences using T1WI and T2WI, we assessed both thrombus configuration and arterial anatomy at the MCA bifurcations. For efficient endovascular thrombectomy, we identified the applied MCA segment 2 (M2) branch, in which the main thrombus was buried. Sufficient recanalization after a single pass was achieved and the patients made a marked recovery. Although mechanical thrombectomy for M2 occlusion has not been of proven benefit, the endovascular procedure based on three-dimensional turbo spin-echo imaging is useful for more complete thrombus removal at MCA bifurcations.