Mechanical thrombectomy in two patients using the Solitaire AB device in cerebral aneurysms during endovascular coil embolisation

Xiaodong Zhang; Zongduo Guo; Rui Xu; Xiaochuan Sun; Yue Li

doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2012.01.035

Mechanical thrombectomy in two patients using the Solitaire AB device in cerebral aneurysms during endovascular coil embolisation

J Clin Neurosci. 2012 Dec;19(12):1736-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2012.01.035. Epub 2012 Sep 16.

Authors

Xiaodong Zhang¹, Zongduo Guo, Rui Xu, Xiaochuan Sun, Yue Li

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.

PMID: 22989788
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2012.01.035

Abstract

Two men, 52 years and 54 years of age, presented with subarachnoid haemorrhage as a result of ruptured cerebral aneurysms. Both patients were treated with endovascular coil embolisation. Thromboembolic complications occurred in the middle cerebral artery during the procedure, and local thrombectomy was performed for recanalisation. Digital subtraction angiography revealed the immediate restoration of flow after mechanical thrombectomy with a stent in both patients. The Solitaire AB stent (ev3, Plymouth, MN, USA) can rapidly, safely, and effectively retrieve clots from the middle cerebral artery during endovascular embolisation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Angiography, Digital Subtraction
Embolization, Therapeutic / methods*
Endovascular Procedures / adverse effects
Humans
Intracranial Aneurysm / surgery*
Male
Mechanical Thrombolysis*
Middle Aged
Stents*
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / etiology
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / surgery
Thromboembolism / etiology