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Microsurgical Management of Posterior Circulation Aneurysms: A Retrospective Study on Epidemiology, Outcomes, and Surgical Approaches
Posterior circulation aneurysms have been regarded as the most challenging for endovascular coiling and microsurgical occlusion. The role of microsurgical treatment is gradually being overlooked and diminishing in the trend of endovascular treatment. As microsurgical occlusion of posterior circulati...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9406061/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36009128 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12081066 |
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author | You, Wanchun Meng, Jiahao Yang, Xingyu Zhang, Jie Jiang, Guannan Yan, Zeya Gu, Feng Tao, Xinyu Chen, Zhouqing Wang, Zhong Chen, Gang |
author_facet | You, Wanchun Meng, Jiahao Yang, Xingyu Zhang, Jie Jiang, Guannan Yan, Zeya Gu, Feng Tao, Xinyu Chen, Zhouqing Wang, Zhong Chen, Gang |
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description | Posterior circulation aneurysms have been regarded as the most challenging for endovascular coiling and microsurgical occlusion. The role of microsurgical treatment is gradually being overlooked and diminishing in the trend of endovascular treatment. As microsurgical occlusion of posterior circulation aneurysms is decreasing, we present our relevant experience to evaluate treatment options and surgical approaches. A retrospective study was conducted in the Department of Neurosurgery of the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University between 2016 and 2021. Patients with posterior circulation aneurysms treated by clipping, bypass, and trapping were enrolled and followed up for at least six months. We included 50 patients carrying 53 posterior circulation aneurysms, 43 of whom had aneurysm ruptures. The posterior cerebral artery and posterior inferior cerebellar artery were the most common aneurysm locations. Direct clipping was performed in 43 patients, while bypass and trapping was performed in six patients. The retrosigmoid, far-lateral, and midline or paramedian suboccipital approaches were performed for those aneurysms in the middle and lower thirds. Aneurysms in the upper third required the lateral supraorbital approach, pterional approach, subtemporal approach, and occipital craniotomy. The lateral supraorbital approach was utilized in seven patients for aneurysms above the posterior clinoid process. Thirty-four patients recovered well with modified Rankin score 0–3 at discharge. No patient experienced aneurysm recurrence during the mean follow-up period of 3.57 years. Microsurgery clipping and bypass should be considered in conjunction with endovascular treatment as a treatment option in posterior circulation aneurysms. The lateral supraorbital approach is a feasible, safe, and simple surgical approach for aneurysms above the posterior clinoid process. |
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spelling | pubmed-94060612022-08-26 Microsurgical Management of Posterior Circulation Aneurysms: A Retrospective Study on Epidemiology, Outcomes, and Surgical Approaches You, Wanchun Meng, Jiahao Yang, Xingyu Zhang, Jie Jiang, Guannan Yan, Zeya Gu, Feng Tao, Xinyu Chen, Zhouqing Wang, Zhong Chen, Gang Brain Sci Article Posterior circulation aneurysms have been regarded as the most challenging for endovascular coiling and microsurgical occlusion. The role of microsurgical treatment is gradually being overlooked and diminishing in the trend of endovascular treatment. As microsurgical occlusion of posterior circulation aneurysms is decreasing, we present our relevant experience to evaluate treatment options and surgical approaches. A retrospective study was conducted in the Department of Neurosurgery of the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University between 2016 and 2021. Patients with posterior circulation aneurysms treated by clipping, bypass, and trapping were enrolled and followed up for at least six months. We included 50 patients carrying 53 posterior circulation aneurysms, 43 of whom had aneurysm ruptures. The posterior cerebral artery and posterior inferior cerebellar artery were the most common aneurysm locations. Direct clipping was performed in 43 patients, while bypass and trapping was performed in six patients. The retrosigmoid, far-lateral, and midline or paramedian suboccipital approaches were performed for those aneurysms in the middle and lower thirds. Aneurysms in the upper third required the lateral supraorbital approach, pterional approach, subtemporal approach, and occipital craniotomy. The lateral supraorbital approach was utilized in seven patients for aneurysms above the posterior clinoid process. Thirty-four patients recovered well with modified Rankin score 0–3 at discharge. No patient experienced aneurysm recurrence during the mean follow-up period of 3.57 years. Microsurgery clipping and bypass should be considered in conjunction with endovascular treatment as a treatment option in posterior circulation aneurysms. The lateral supraorbital approach is a feasible, safe, and simple surgical approach for aneurysms above the posterior clinoid process. MDPI 2022-08-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9406061/ /pubmed/36009128 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12081066 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article You, Wanchun Meng, Jiahao Yang, Xingyu Zhang, Jie Jiang, Guannan Yan, Zeya Gu, Feng Tao, Xinyu Chen, Zhouqing Wang, Zhong Chen, Gang Microsurgical Management of Posterior Circulation Aneurysms: A Retrospective Study on Epidemiology, Outcomes, and Surgical Approaches |
title | Microsurgical Management of Posterior Circulation Aneurysms: A Retrospective Study on Epidemiology, Outcomes, and Surgical Approaches |
title_full | Microsurgical Management of Posterior Circulation Aneurysms: A Retrospective Study on Epidemiology, Outcomes, and Surgical Approaches |
title_fullStr | Microsurgical Management of Posterior Circulation Aneurysms: A Retrospective Study on Epidemiology, Outcomes, and Surgical Approaches |
title_full_unstemmed | Microsurgical Management of Posterior Circulation Aneurysms: A Retrospective Study on Epidemiology, Outcomes, and Surgical Approaches |
title_short | Microsurgical Management of Posterior Circulation Aneurysms: A Retrospective Study on Epidemiology, Outcomes, and Surgical Approaches |
title_sort | microsurgical management of posterior circulation aneurysms: a retrospective study on epidemiology, outcomes, and surgical approaches |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9406061/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36009128 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12081066 |
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