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Microsurgical Clip Obliteration of Middle Cerebral Aneurysm Using Intraoperative Flow Assessment
Published on: September 25, 2009
3.0-T diffusion images after clipping of middle cerebral artery aneurysm
Yasuo Murai1, Koji Adachi, Fumihiro Matano
1Nippon Medical School, Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo, Japan.
Aim:
Replacement of aneurysm clips or temporary parent artery occlusion during aneurysm clipping (AC) carries the risk of inducing postoperative neurologic deficits. When studying the risk of surgical complications associated with cerebral aneurysms, patients with similar conditions should be compared to eliminate the influence of rupture and location of aneurysm.
Material And Methods:
We used 3.0-Tesla (3.0T) magnetic resonance diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) to analyze surgical complications after AC. A total of 42 AC procedures for 40 unruptured and 2 delayed-phase ruptured MCA aneurysms were evaluated.
Results:
In six patients, temporary parent artery occlusion was performed. Asymptomatic hyperintensities were observed on DWI of three patients. In one patient, an asymptomatic lesion was most likely caused by a small contusion that occurred during dissection of an aneurysm attached to the brain surface. In two patients, asymptomatic cortical lesions were caused by brain surface contusions due to lacerations of the open dura. No symptomatic hyperintensities on DWI were observed after surgery. No fixed ischaemic neurologic deficits resulted from AC.
Conclusion:
Although some postoperative abnormalities were observed with 3.0T DWI, we found clipping of MCA aneurysms to be a safe procedure with a low risk of ischaemic complications.
