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Travel Stories : An Argentinian Story. Walter Casagrande MD. Sections of Cerebrovascular Surgery And Endovascular Neurosurgery Hospital Juan A. Fernandez Buenos Aires, Argentina. Acknowledgement. Rosario Dr. Sergio Petrocelli Dr. Juan Godes
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TravelStories: AnArgentinianStory Walter Casagrande MD. Sections of CerebrovascularSurgery And EndovascularNeurosurgery Hospital Juan A. Fernandez Buenos Aires, Argentina
Acknowledgement Rosario Dr. Sergio Petrocelli Dr. Juan Godes Córdoba Dr. Gustavo Foa Torres Dr. Federico Roca Tucumán Dr. Roberto Gonzalez Buenos Aires Dr. Gustavo Mazenga Dra. Silvia Garbugino Dr. Luis Lemme-Plaghos
ClinicalCharacteristics 24 monthsstudyperiod (June/08 - June/10) 36 Total aneurysmstreated Incidental 7 (19,4%) TreatedPreviously 7 (19,4%) MassEffect 18 (50%) PreviousSubaracnoidHemorrhage 4 (11,2%)
MorphologicalCharacteristics WideNeck 9 (25%) Large 6 (16,7%) Giant 8 (22,2%) Non Saccular 8 (22,2%) Recurrent 5 (13,9%)
WideNeck- Incidental Immediate FU
WideNeck- Incidental 6 mounths FU
Giant-MassEffect Pre-treatment
Giant-MassEffect Post-treatment
Giant-MassEffect 6 mounths FU
Giant-MassEffect MRI August 08 MRI September 09
RecurrentAneurysms 6 mounths FU
Limitations Vascular Morphology Progressioninsidethevessels
Limitations Silk 4,5 x 25
Limitations Morphology of Aneurysm
Limitations = Challenges Dr. Juan Godes Dr. Sergio Petrocelli
Limitations = Challenges 4 months FU withClopidogrel Pre-treatment
Complications 3 CarotidOclutions (2 reopendafter 24Hs.) 1 StentMigration (NeurologicalDeficit) (2,7%)
Results CLINICAL FOLLOW UP MassEffectdiminished 16 (n18) (89%) NeurologicalDeficit 1 (2,7%) Hemorrhage(0%) Death 1 (Pneumonia) (2,7%)
AngiographicResults 4M.(n31) 12M.(n10) 24M.(n8) Ocl. 10% 1 (3,2%) 1 (10%) Ocl.85-90% 17 (54,9%) 2 (20%) 1 (12,5%) Ocl.100% 13 (41,9%) 7 (70%) 7 (87,5%)
Conclusions SilkStent induces “endovascularreconstruction” • Rebuilds arterial wall in wideneck and fusiformaneurysms • Effectively reduces masseffect • Preventsrebleeding • Long-Termdurability of occlusions