Three-Dimensional Digital Subtraction Angiographic Evaluation of Aneurysm Remnants after Clip Placement.
10.3340/jkns.2010.47.3.185
- Author:
Soon Seob AHN
1
;
Young Don KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Daegu Catholic University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. shydshyd@cu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Digital subtraction angiography;
Clipping;
Remnant;
Aneurysm
- MeSH:
Aneurysm;
Angiography, Digital Subtraction;
Arteries;
Humans;
Neck;
Parents
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
2010;47(3):185-190
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: The aneurysm remnants rate was evaluated via three-dimensional digital subtraction angiography (3D-DSA) in the postoperative evaluation of clipped aneurysms. METHODS: Data on surgically clipped aneurysms of anterior circulation obtained via postoperative 3D-DSA from February 2007 to March 2009 were gathered. The results of the postoperative 3D-DSA and of two-dimensional digital subtraction angiography (2D-DSA) for the detection of aneurysm remnants were compared, and an investigation was performed as to why 2D-DSA had missed some aneurysm remnants that were detected in the 3D-DSA. Various surgical factors that revealed aneurysm remnants in the 3D-DSA were also evaluated. RESULTS: A total of 39 neck remnants of 202 clipped aneurysms (19.3%) were confirmed in 3D-DSA, and these were classified according to Sindou's classification of aneurysm remnants. Patients with only a neck remnant found in the 3D-DSA represented 17.3% (35/202 aneurysms) of the whole series, and those with a residuum of neck plus sac found in the 3D-DSA represented 1.9% (4/202 aneurysms). The causes of aneurysm remnants were no full visualization (14/39, 35.9%), parent and perforator artery protection (10/39, 25.6%), clip design problems (8/39, 20.5%), and broad-necked aneurysm (7/39, 17.9%). CONCLUSION: Patients with < or = 2 mm aneurysm remnants showed an increased risk of undetectable aneurysm remnants in the 2D-DSA. The most frequent location of the missed aneurysm in 2D-DSA was the anterior communicating artery. 3D-DSA showed more aneurysm remnants than what is indicated in the existing literature, the 2D-DSA.
