HyperForm balloon-assisted endovascular neck bypass technique to perform balloon or stent-assisted treatment of cerebral aneurysms

S H Cekirge; K Yavuz; S Geyik; I Saatci

doi:10.3174/ajnr.A0618

HyperForm balloon-assisted endovascular neck bypass technique to perform balloon or stent-assisted treatment of cerebral aneurysms

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2007 Aug;28(7):1388-90. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A0618.

Authors

S H Cekirge¹, K Yavuz, S Geyik, I Saatci

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.

Abstract

We describe a technique to bypass aneurysm neck using the HyperForm balloon to perform balloon- or stent-assisted endovascular treatment of complex large or giant aneurysms with very wide neck in which other methods would fail to obtain an access distal to the aneurysm.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Blood Vessel Prosthesis*
Catheterization / instrumentation*
Catheterization / methods
Equipment Design
Female
Humans
Intracranial Aneurysm / surgery*
Middle Aged
Prosthesis Fitting / instrumentation*
Prosthesis Fitting / methods
Stents*
Treatment Outcome