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ArticleJournal of cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgery2021

Optimal microcatheter shaping method customized for a patient-specific vessel using a three-dimensional printer.

Tae Gon Kim

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Article in Journal of cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Tae Gon KimDepartment of Neurosurgery, CHA Bundang Medical Center, School of Medicine, CHA University, Seongnam, Korea.
CHA University Bundang Medical Center · KR

Funding

Ministry of Education 201600910004National Research Foundation of Korea
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveIn coil embolization of cerebral aneurysms, it is very important to guide microcatheters to the appropriate location in the aneurysm and stabilize them during procedures. To do this, microcatheters need to be properly shaped. In this study, we aim to use a computer application program and a three-dimensional (3D) printer to make a patientspecific shaped microcatheter.

methodsWe simplified, skeletalized, and oversized the existing 3D vascular imaging structures and created the central line structure of the blood vessels. These processes were performed using a computer application program developed by our team. The microcatheters were shaped according to the skeletalized data shape, and the catheterization procedures were simulated using the 3D hollow model of the blood vessel region of interest; the number of hollow models was 10. The compatibility of the microcatheters shaped according to the skeletalized data shape was validated if the microcatheter tip was positioned into the aneurysm.

resultsIn all 10 hollow models, the positioning of the microcatheter into the aneurysms was successful following one or two attempts.

conclusionsWhen shaping microcatheters during endovascular coil embolization, it may be useful to use central line structures with some expansions customized for a patientspecific vessel using a computer application program and a 3D printer. In the future, it may be necessary to apply this technique to actual patients.

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‌Intracranial aneurysmSoftwareTherapeutic embolization

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PMID33530677
PMCPMC8041507
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