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Comprehensive Endovascular and Open Surgical Management of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations
Published on: October 20, 2017
Trans-radial artery microcatheter angiography-assisted juvenile ruptured brainstem arteriovenous malformation
Peixi Liu1,2,3,4,5, Hongfei Zhang1,2,3,4,5, Tianming Qiu6,7,8,9,10
1Department of Neurosurgery, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, No. 12 Wulumuqi Zhong Road, Shanghai, 200040, China.
Background:
Due to their crucial functional location, surgical treatment of brainstem arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) has always been challenging. For unruptured AVMs, we can determine whether radiological therapy, interventional treatment, or surgical resection is feasible based on the AVM structure. However, for ruptured AVMs, microsurgical resection and interventional embolization are effective methods to prevent further rupture. In the microsurgical resection of AVMs, we usually use a hybrid operation to confirm the AVM structure and determine if the AVM is completely resected during the surgery.
Method:
We report a case of juvenile ruptured brainstem AVM resection. The right lateral position and left suboccipital retrosigmoid approach were used. We established an interventional approach via left radial artery and set a microcatheter in the feeding artery. Methylene blue injection via a microcatheter showed the AVM structure, and we totally resected the brainstem AVM under electrophysiological monitoring and navigation. Intraoperative angiography was performed to ensure complete resection without residual nidus.
Conclusion:
This case demonstrates that the trans-radial approach is convenient and safe for special positions in hybrid operations. Methylene blue injection via a microcatheter in the feeding artery provides clearer visualization of the AVM structure under the microscope.
