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Case series
Clipping of recanalized intracerebral aneurysms initially treated by the Woven EndoBridge device
  1. Laurent Pierot1,
  2. Christophe Bannery1,
  3. Valery Batchinsky-Parrou2,
  4. Jean-Charles Kleiber2,
  5. Sebastien Soize1,
  6. Claude Fabien Litre2
  1. 1 Radiology, University Hospital Reims, Reims, France
  2. 2 Neurosurgery, University Hospital Reims, Reims, France
  1. Correspondence to Dr Laurent Pierot, Radiology, University Hospital Reims, Reims 51092, France; lpierot{at}gmail.com

Abstract

Background and purpose Intrasaccular flow disruption using the Woven EndoBridge (WEB) is a safe and effective method to treat intracranial aneurysms, particularly wide neck bifurcation aneurysms. However mid term and long term follow-up imaging can show aneurysm remnant or recanalization, and retreatment is therefore sometimes necessary. In most cases, retreatment is performed using an endovascular approach. The present series reports and analyzes aneurysm clipping of recanalized or incompletely occluded aneurysms following WEB treatment.

Methods All patients treated with the WEB device since the beginning of our experience in June 2011 were prospectively collected in a local database. Among them, patients who were retreated by clipping for aneurysm remnants were included in the present series.

Results In the cumulative population of 130 patients with aneurysms treated by the WEB device from June 2011 to February 2019, 4 patients (3.1%) were retreated with surgical clipping due to incomplete occlusion (2 patients) and aneurysm recanalization (2 patients). Three of the four aneurysms retreated (75%) were located in the middle cerebral artery and one in the anterior communicating artery (25.0%). The aneurysm was ruptured in 1 of 4 patients (25%). Clipping was performed 10–54 months after initial treatment with the WEB. Surgical exposure showed that the WEB device was inside the aneurysm sac in all cases. Clipping was easily performed in all but 1 case. Control DSA showed complete occlusion in two aneurysms and a neck remnant in two.

Conclusion Clipping is a feasible option for treating aneurysm remnants following initial treatment with intrasaccular flow disruption using the WEB.

  • aneurysms
  • WEB device
  • clipping
  • endovascular treatment
  • flow disruption

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  • Contributors All authors have: provided a substantial contribution to the conception and design of the studies and/or the acquisition and/or the analysis of the data, and/or the interpretation of the data; drafted the work or revised it for significant intellectual content; approved the final version of the manuscript; and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work, including its accuracy and integrity.

  • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

  • Competing interests LP is a consultant for Balt, MedTronic, Microvention, Penumbra, and Vesalio.

  • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

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