Therapeutic Progress in Treating Vertebral Dissecting Aneurysms Involving the Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery. 2016

Lei Shi, and Kan Xu, and Xiaofeng Sun, and Jinlu Yu
1. Department of Neurosurgery, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China, 130021;

Among the variations of vertebral artery dissecting aneurysms (VDAs), VDAs involving the posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA), especially ruptured and high-risk unruptured aneurysms, are the most difficult to treat. Because the PICA is an important structure, serious symptoms may occur after its occlusion. Retained PICAs are prone to re-bleeding because VDAs are difficult to completely occlude. There is therefore confusion regarding the appropriate treatment for VDAs involving the PICA. Here, we used the PubMed database to review recent research concerning VDAs that involve the PICA, and we found that treatments for VDAs involving the PICA include (i) endovascular treatment involving the reconstruction of blood vessels and blood flow, (ii) occluding the aneurysm using an internal coil trapping or an assisted bypass, (iii) inducing reversed blood flow by occluding the proximal VDA or forming an assisted bypass, or (iv) the reconstruction of blood flow via a craniotomy. Although the above methods effectively treat VDAs involving the PICA, each method is associated with both a high degree of risk and specific advantages and disadvantages. The core problem when treating VDAs involving the PICA is to retain the PICA while occluding the aneurysm. Therefore, the method is generally selected on a case-by-case basis according to the characteristics of the aneurysm. In this study, we summarize the various current methods that are used to treat VDAs involving the PICA and provide schematic diagrams as our conclusion. Because there is no special field of research concerning VDAs involving the PICA, these cases are hidden within many multiple-cases studies. Therefore, this study does not review all relevant documents and may have some limitations. Thus, we have focused on the mainstream treatments for VDAs that involve the PICA.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D002536 Cerebral Arteries The arterial blood vessels supplying the CEREBRUM. Arteries, Cerebral,Artery, Cerebral,Cerebral Artery
D002548 Cerebral Revascularization Microsurgical revascularization to improve intracranial circulation. It usually involves joining the extracranial circulation to the intracranial circulation but may include extracranial revascularization (e.g., subclavian-vertebral artery bypass, subclavian-external carotid artery bypass). It is performed by joining two arteries (direct anastomosis or use of graft) or by free autologous transplantation of highly vascularized tissue to the surface of the brain. Brain Revascularization,EC-IC Arterial Bypass,Extracranial-Intracranial Arterial Bypass,Microsurgical Revascularization, Cerebral,STA-MCA Bypass,Cerebral Microsurgical Revascularization,Arterial Bypass, EC-IC,Arterial Bypass, Extracranial-Intracranial,Arterial Bypasses, EC-IC,Arterial Bypasses, Extracranial-Intracranial,Bypass, EC-IC Arterial,Bypass, Extracranial-Intracranial Arterial,Bypass, STA-MCA,Bypasses, EC-IC Arterial,Bypasses, Extracranial-Intracranial Arterial,Bypasses, STA-MCA,Cerebral Microsurgical Revascularizations,EC IC Arterial Bypass,EC-IC Arterial Bypasses,Extracranial Intracranial Arterial Bypass,Extracranial-Intracranial Arterial Bypasses,Revascularization, Brain,Revascularization, Cerebral,Revascularization, Cerebral Microsurgical,STA MCA Bypass,STA-MCA Bypasses
D004621 Embolization, Therapeutic A method of hemostasis utilizing various agents such as Gelfoam, silastic, metal, glass, or plastic pellets, autologous clot, fat, and muscle as emboli. It has been used in the treatment of spinal cord and INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS, renal arteriovenous fistulas, gastrointestinal bleeding, epistaxis, hypersplenism, certain highly vascular tumors, traumatic rupture of blood vessels, and control of operative hemorrhage. Embolotherapy,Therapeutic Embolization,Embolizations, Therapeutic,Embolotherapies,Therapeutic Embolizations
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D020217 Vertebral Artery Dissection Splitting of the vessel wall in the VERTEBRAL ARTERY. Interstitial hemorrhage into the media of the vessel wall can lead to occlusion of the vertebral artery, aneurysm formation, or THROMBOEMBOLISM. Vertebral artery dissection is often associated with TRAUMA and injuries to the head-neck region but can occur spontaneously. Dissecting Vertebral Artery Aneurysm,Spontaneous Vertebral Artery Dissection,Traumatic Vertebral Artery Dissection,Vertebral Artery Dissection, Spontaneous,Vertebral Artery Dissection, Traumatic,Artery Dissection, Vertebral,Artery Dissections, Vertebral,Dissection, Vertebral Artery,Dissections, Vertebral Artery,Vertebral Artery Dissections

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