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December Spotlight Article

 

Flow diversion for middle cerebral artery aneurysms: an international cohort study
Jose Danilo Bengzon Diestro, MD; Nimer Adeeb, MD; Mahmoud Dibas, MD; William Boisseau, MD; Pablo Harker, MD; Waleed Brinjikji, MD; Sishi Xiang, MD; Evan Joyce, MD, MS; Maksim Shapiro, MD; Eytan Raz, MD; Carmen Parra-Farinas, MD; Gwynedd Pickett, MD; Naif M Alotaibi, MD; Robert W Regenhardt, MD, PhD; Joshua D Bernstock, MD, PhD; Julian Spears, MD, MS; Christoph J Griessenauer, MD; Jan-Karl Burkhardt, MD; Muhammad U Hafeez, MD; Peter Kan, MD; Ramesh Grandhi, MD; Philipp Taussky, MD; Erez Nossek, MD; Tao Hong, MD; Hongqi Zhang, MD, PhD; Lorenzo Rinaldo, MD, PhD; Giuseppe Lanzino, MD; Christopher J Stapleton, MD; James D Rabinov, MD; Aman B Patel, MD; Thomas R Marotta, MD; Daniel Roy, MD; Adam A Dmytriw, MD, MPH, MSc.
Neurosurgery. 2021. Published online: October 8, 2021 (https://doi.org/10.1093/neuros/nyab365)

SANS

SANS: Vascular Module (2021) (CME)

Case of the Month

A 57 Year Old Man with Incidentally Discovered Right Middle Cerebral Artery Fusiform Aneurysm with Saccular Component

Nexus

Bilateral MCA Bifurcation Aneurysm

Flow diverter device placement for an unruptured M1 giant aneurysm

Guidelines

Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms
Thompson BG, Brown Jr RD, Amin-Hanjani S, et al. Stroke. 2015;46(8):2368-2400.

Neurosurgery

Flow Diversion for Intracranial Aneurysm Treatment: Trials Involving Flow Diverters and Long-Term Outcomes.
Chancellor B, Raz E, Shapiro M, et al. Neurosurgery. 2020;86(SUPPL_1):S36-S45.

Long-Term Clinical and Angiographic Outcomes Following Pipeline Embolization Device Treatment of Complex Internal Carotid Artery Aneurysms: Five-Year Results of the Pipeline for Uncoilable or Failed Aneurysms Trial
Becske T, Brinjikji W, Potts MB, et al. Neurosurgery. 2017;80(1):40-48.

Complications After Treatment With Pipeline Embolization for Giant Distal Intracranial Aneurysms With or Without Coil Embolization
Siddiqui AH, Kan P, Abla AA, Hopkins LN, Levy EI. Neurosurgery. 2012;71(2):E509-E513.

Operative Neurosurgery

Flow Diversion of an Incompletely-Treated Fusiform Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysm: 2-Dimensional Operative Video
Sorenson TJ, Klein JP, Rangel-Castilla L, Lanzino G. Operative Neurosurgery. 2020;18(4):E125-E126.

Sequential Coiling-Assisted Deployment of Flow Diverter for Treatment of Fusiform Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysms
Alturki AY, Schmalz PGR, Ogilvy CS, Thomas AJ. Operative Neurosurgery. 2018;15(2):E13-E18.

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