RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A Novel Endovascular Treatment of a Wide-Necked Basilar Apex Aneurysm by Using a Y-Configuration, Double-Stent Technique
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 509
OP 512
VO 25
IS 3
A1 Chow, Michael M.
A1 Woo, Henry H.
A1 Masaryk, Thomas J.
A1 Rasmussen, Peter A.
YR 2004
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/25/3/509.abstract
AB Summary: Wide-necked bifurcation aneurysms remain a formidable challenge to the neuroendovascular surgeon. A 36-year-old woman with a wide-necked basilar bifurcation aneurysm was unsuccessfully treated by endovascular methods, despite the use of the balloon-remodeling technique. Successful coiling was ultimately achieved by use of a Y-configuration double stent-assisted technique. This novel method of using self-expanding stents may represent a significant advance in the management of basilar apex and other bifurcation aneurysms.