Combined treatment for complex intracranial aneurysm

• Main Authors: A. Chiriac, Georgiana Ion, N. Dobrin, St. M. Iencean, I. Poeata
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Academic Publishing 2015-06-01
• Series: Romanian Neurosurgery
• Subjects: complex intracranian aneurysms; combined treatment
• Online Access: https://www.journals.lapub.co.uk/index.php/roneurosurgery/article/view/825

Complex aneurysms often cannot be completely excluded by a single approaches. Today successful treatment of these lesions requires a combination between microsurgical and endovascular techniques. Planning of combined treatment require a very good understanding of aneurysm anatomy and a close collaboration between neurosurgeon and neuroendovascular interventionist. Endovascular coiling can usually be used as early treatment for a partially aneurysm occlusion including the ruptured area and followed by definitive clipping. On the other hand microsurgical clipping also can be used as first treatment for complex aneurysm neck reconstruction, allowing successful secondary placement of coils inside the remnant aneurysm sac.