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ArticleSurgical neurology international2021

High-flow bypass surgery using a radial artery graft for an extracranial internal carotid artery aneurysm: Case reports and literature review.

Kenta Koketsu, Kyongsong Kim, Minoru Ideguchi, Rinko Kokubo, Takayuki Mizunari, Akio Morita

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Article in Surgical neurology international, 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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6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Kenta KoketsuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Inzai, Chiba, Japan.
Kyongsong KimDepartment of Neurosurgery, Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Inzai, Chiba, Japan.
Minoru IdeguchiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Inzai, Chiba, Japan.
Rinko KokuboDepartment of Neurosurgery, Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Inzai, Chiba, Japan.
Takayuki MizunariDepartment of Neurosurgery, Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Inzai, Chiba, Japan.
Akio MoritaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Inzai, Chiba, Japan.
Chiba Hokusou Hospital · JPStony Brook University · USNeurological Surgery · USShinshu University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundExtracranial carotid artery aneurysms are rare. Surgery may be difficult when vessels are tortuous and on a high cervical level. We report two patients whose tortuous extracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) aneurysm located on a high cervical level was successfully treated by ICA ligation and a high-flow bypass using a radial artery (RA) graft between the external carotid- and the middle cerebral artery. CASE DESCRIPTION: (Case 1) A 47-year-old man suffered a recurrent cerebral infarct despite medical treatment. His right extracranial ICA aneurysm measured 33 mm; it was tortuous and located at a high cervical level. We ligated the ICA after placing a high-flow bypass using an RA graft. The aneurysm was not repaired. (Case 2) A 59-year-old woman noticed pulsatile swelling on her left neck. It was due to an extracranial ICA aneurysm that was large (36 mm), tortuous, and located at a high cervical level. We performed ICA ligation after placing a high-flow bypass using an RA graft without direct aneurysmal repair. Six months after the operation she noted a pulsatile bulge on the left oropharynx. We confirmed recurrence of an aneurysm from retrograde blood flow and performed internal trapping by occluding the distal portion of the ICA aneurysm using an intravascular procedure.

conclusionICA ligation after placing a high-flow bypass with an RA-graft is a technically demanding, but safe procedure to address extracranial ICA aneurysms that are tortuous and located at a high cervical level.

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AneurysmBypass surgeryExtracranial internal carotid arteryRadial artery graft

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