Case examples in the this blog
Spine
An Unusual case of hematomyelia
Aneurysm
Intracranial HIV vasculopathy with multiple aneurysms
Embolisation of Dissecting basilar artery aneurysm
Stent induced spasm during coiling of a vertebral artery dissecting aneurysm
Post traumatic ophthalmic artery pseudoaneurysm
Spontaneous occlusion of posterior cerebral artery aneurysm
Fenestrated
posterior inferior cerebellar artery with concomitant vertebro-basilar...


Higher Incidence of In-Hospital Complications in Patients With Clipped Versus Coiled Ruptured Intracranial Aneurysms
An excellent paper from Toronto. the authors have examined the Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network to evaluate 931 patients and found significantly increased complication rates, mortality, increased hospital stay in patients undergoing clipping as opposed to coiling.
Link to the article in the journal website
Higher Incidence of In-Hospital Complications in Patients With Clipped Versus Coiled Ruptured Intracranial...


Basilar artery recanalization status after endovascular therapy does not predict outcome
Acute basilar artery occlusion is a devastating phenomenon and not clearly understood. The authors of this present study try to state the same. They did not find any better clinical results even after endovascular interventions. However, I feel there clearly is a benefit of the same at least in a subset of patients. The authors probably need to look at their interventional skills, clinical management, decision making skills...


Predicting aneurysm rupture- Energy Loss, a new hemodynamic parameter
Which aneurysm ruptures and which don’t---the Holy Grail of aneurysm research…gets a new weapon in the armoury…with a new objective parameter: the Energy loss. Basically it is just another way of looking at the flow dynamic data derived from so many new softwares available. nevertheless, important to have a look…. J...


New Device: The Temporary Aneurysm Neck Bridge System
J NeuroIntervent Surg 2010;2:A8-A9 doi:10.1136/jnis.2010.003244.19
SNIS 7th Annual Meeting Oral abstract
Novel non-occlusive temporary endoluminal neck protection device to assist in the treatment of wide necked aneurysms in a canine model
R Turner IV1,
B Croy1,
D Casigny2,
I Chaudry3,
A Turk3
1Neurosurgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
2Neuroradiology, University of Wisconsin,...


Balloon assisted coiling of intracranial aneurysms is not associated with higher complications
Finally, an to my delight. Balloon assisted coiling has many benefits including prevention of rupture, immediate bleeding control after intraprocedural rupture, better coil packing coil prolapse, and avoidance of stent with the resultant antiplatelet therapy. However, its usage was considered ‘risky’ especially by people not really...


New Device: The Saddle Neck Bridge Device
The treatment of wide necked bifurcation aneurysms had always been difficult notwithstanding the recent usage of Y-stent technique, Double catheter technique, Waffle cone technique, double balloon technique etc . etc. etc. The author in this paper have tried a new device which look promising in that at least it is providing a better looking...

