Role of bypass surgery and balloon occlusion test for the endovascular management of fusiform dissecting aneurysms. Report of two cases

Michihiro Tanaka; Hidetsugu Maekawa; Yoshinori Sakata; Yujiro Obikane; Hiromu Hadeishi; Ayako Yamazaki

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-02411-0_7

Role of bypass surgery and balloon occlusion test for the endovascular management of fusiform dissecting aneurysms. Report of two cases

Acta Neurochir Suppl. 2014:119:43-8. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-02411-0_7.

Authors

Michihiro Tanaka¹, Hidetsugu Maekawa, Yoshinori Sakata, Yujiro Obikane, Hiromu Hadeishi, Ayako Yamazaki

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Kameda Medical Center, Higashi-cho 929, Kamogawa City, Chiba, 296-8602, Japan, michihiro@attglobal.net.

PMID: 24728631
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-02411-0_7

Abstract

Fusiform intracranial aneurysm is one of the most difficult pathologies to treat. The role and efficacy of recent advanced endovascular technique and conventional bypass surgery are discussed.