High flow extra-cranial to intra-cranial bypass for complex internal carotid aneurysms

British Journal of Neurosurgery
H C PatelP J Kirkpatrick

Abstract

Cerebral revascularisation with extracranial - intracranial (EC-IC) bypass is generally indicated in patients with complex anterior circulation aneurysms who have failed parent artery occlusion. We report on the process and outcome of our early experience of performing high flow bypass in patients with complex anterior circulation aneurysms. We have reviewed patients who have undergone an EC-IC bypass for treatment of complex anterior circulation aneurysms, and report our outcome on graft patency, surgical complications, discharge destination, and obliteration rates. Nine patients that underwent 11 bypasses are described. Seven patients had a giant saccular aneurysm of the carotid, and these were all obliterated on post-operative imaging. Two patients presenting with an intracranial carotid dissection required trapping of the diseased segment following the bypass. The overall graft patency rate was 88%. One patient developed a post operative subdural collection (managed conservatively), and one patient required early graft revision. Discharge destination was home in 8/9 patients. There was no mortality. Although EC-IC bypass is a technically challenging procedure, it provides a valuable treatment option for patients with comple...Continue Reading

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