Table Of ContentActa Neurochirurgica
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Editor: H.-J. Steiger
New Trends of Surgery for Stroke and its
Perioperative Management
Edited by
Y.Yonekawa,Y. Sakurai, E. Keller, and T. Tsukahara
Acta Neurochirurgica
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Prof.Dr.YasuhiroYonekawa
PD.Dr.EmanuelaKeller
UniversityHospital,Zurich,Switzerland
Dr.YoshiharuSakurai
DepartmentofNeurosurgery,SendaiNationalHospital,Sendai,Japan
Dr.TetsuyaTsukahara
DepartmentofNeurosurgery,KyotoNationalHospital,Kyoto,Japan
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Preface
In the last years progress has been made in stroke fistulas,cerebralrevascularizationtechniquesandsur-
treatment. In July 2004 specialists in neurosurgery, gery related to the intracranial venous system a com-
neuroradiology, neurology and neurointensive care prehensiveoverviewaboutstrokesurgeryisgivenwith
discussedrecenttrendsatthe2ndSwissJapaneseJoint an interdisciplinary approach. The book should be of
ConferenceonCerebralStrokeSurgeryheldinZurich, interest for all specialists involved in therapy of cere-
Switzerland.Prof.Dr.Y.Yonekawa,ZurichandProf. brovasculardisease.Theeditorsextendtheirgratitude
D. Y. Sakurai, Sendai were the presidents of the con- tothemanycontributorsandtoallthosewhopartici-
ference. New concepts were worked out during the patedintheconference.Publicationoftheproceedings
conferenceandarepublishedinthisvolume.Thebook is partially supported by Research Fund for Cardio-
startswiththetopicintracranialaneurysms,discussing vascular diseases from Japanese Ministry of Health,
microsurgical and endovasculartreatmentmodalities, Labour and Welfare; Assessment of the quality of
as well as new surgical approaches. Further chapters medical care in cardio- and cerebrovascular diseases
deal with the management of unruptured aneurysms andtheprincipalnationalhospitals.
and with subarachnoid hemorrhage. Practical guide-
linesforvasospasmtreatmentaregiven.Togetherwith Y.Yonekawa,Y.Sakurai,E.Keller,andT.Tsukahara
contributionsaboutarteriovenousmalformationsand
Contents
Intracranialaneurysms
Niemela¨,M.,Koivisto,T.,Kivipelto,L.,Ishii,K.,Rinne,J.,Ronkainen,A.,Kivisaari,R.,Shen,H.,
Karatas,A.,Lehecka,M.,Fro¨sen,J.,Piippo,A.,Ja¨a¨skela¨inen,J.,Hernesniemi,J.:
MicrosurgicalclippingofcerebralaneurysmsaftertheISATStudy........................................ 3
Sugiu,K.,Tokunaga,K.,Watanabe,K.,Sasahara,W.,Tagawa,M.,Tamesa,N.,Ono,S.,Onoda,K.,
Date,I.:
Endovasculartreatmentforelderlypatientswithrupturedaneurysm ...................................... 7
Kaku,Y.:
Conventionalmicrosurgicaltechniqueandtheendovascularmethodforthetreatmentofcerebral
aneurysms:acomparativeview............................................................................. 11
Hernesniemi,J.,Ishii,K.,Niemela¨,M.,Smrcka,M.,Kivipelto,L.,Fujiki,M.,Shen,H.:
Lateralsupraorbitalapproachasanalternativetotheclassicalpterionalapproach........................ 17
Kahn,N.,Yoshimura,S.,Roth,P.,Cesnulis,E.,Koenue-Leblebicioglu,D.,Curcic,M.,Imhof,H.-G.,
Yonekawa,Y.:
Conventionalmicrosurgicaltreatmentofparaclinoidaneurysms:stateoftheartwiththeuseofthe
selectiveextraduralanteriorclinoidectomySEAC.......................................................... 23
Hernesniemi,J.,Ishii,K.,Niemela¨,M.,Krivipelto,L.,Fujiki,M.,Shen,H.:
Subtemporalapproachtobasilarbifurcationaneurysms:advancedtechniqueandclinicalexperience..... 31
Yonekawa,Y.,Khan,N.,Imhof,H.-G.,Roth,P.:
Basilarbifurcationaneurysms.Lessonslearntfrom40consecutivecases .................................. 39
Perioperativemanagement
Schuknecht,B.:
Endovasculartreatmentofcerebralvasospasmfollowinganeurysmalsubarachnoidhemorrhage......... 47
Semenyutin,V.B.,Aliev,V.A.,Nikitin,P.I.,Kozlov,A.V.:
TheintracranialB-waves’amplitudeasprognosticationcriterionofneurologiccomplicationsin
neuroendovascularinterventions............................................................................ 53
Satoh,A.,Nakamura,H.,Kobayashi,S.,Miyata,A.,Matsutani,M.:
Managementofseveresubarachnoidhemorrhage;significanceofassessmentofbothneurologicaland
systemicinsultsatacutestage............................................................................... 59
VIII Contents
Keller,E.,Krayenbu¨hl,N.,Bjeljac,M.,Yonekawa,Y.:
Cerebralvasospasm:resultsofastructuredmultimodaltreatment......................................... 65
Managementofunrupturedintracranialaneurysms
Tsukahara,T.,Murakami,N.,Sakurai,Y.,Yonekura,M.,Takahashi,T.,Inoue,T.,Yonekawa,Y.:
Treatmentofunrupturedcerebralaneurysms;amulti-centerstudyatJapanesenationalhospitals ........ 77
Terada,T.,Tsuura,M.,Matsumoto,H.,Masuo,O.,Tsumoto,T.,Yamaga,H.,Itakura,T.:
Endovasculartreatmentofunrupturedcerebralaneurysms................................................. 87
Imhof,H.-G.,Yonekawa,Y.:
Managementofrupturedaneurysmscombinedwithcoexistinganeurysms ................................ 93
Suyama,K.,Kaminogo,M.,Yonekura,M.,Baba,H.,Nagata,I.:
Surgicaltreatmentofunrupturedcerebralaneurysmsintheelderly........................................ 97
IntracranialarteriovenousmalformationsandDuralAVM,AVF
Yonekawa,Y.,Imhof,H.-G.,Bjeljac,M.,Curcic,M.,Khan,N.:
ThreecasesofAVMateloquentareasfinallytreatedwithconventionalmicrosurgicalmethod............ 105
Kuhmonen,J.,Piippo,A.,Va¨a¨rt,K.,Karatas,A.,Ishii,K.,Winkler,P.,Niemela¨,M.,Porras,M.,
Hernesniemi,J.:
Earlysurgeryforrupturedcerebralarteriovenousmalformations.......................................... 111
Steiger,H.-J.,Ha¨nggi,D.,Schmid-Elsaesser,R.:
Cranialandspinalduralarteriovenousmalformationsandfistulas:anupdate............................. 115
Kuwayama,N.,Kubo,M.,Tsumura,K.,Yamamoto,H.,Endo,S.:
Hemodynamicstatusandtreatmentofaggressiveduralarteriovenousfistulas............................. 123
Cerebralrevascularization
Carotid-andvertebral-stenosis
Barth,A.:
Conventionalmicrosurgicalendarterectomy................................................................ 129
Tsukahara,T.,Hatano,T.,Ogino,E.,Aoyama,T.,Nakakuki,T.,Murakami,M.:
Surgicaltreatmentforbilateralcarotidarterialstenosis .................................................... 133
Hatano,T.,Tsukahara,T.,Ogino,E.,Aoyama,T.,Nakakuki,T.,Murakami,M.:
Stentingforvertebrobasilararterystenosis ................................................................. 137
Extracranial-intracranialbypass
Streefkerk,H.J.,Bremmer,J.P.,Tulleken,C.A.:
TheELANAtechnique:highflowrevascularizationofthebrain........................................... 143
Khan,N.,Yonekawa,Y.:
MoyamoyaangiopathyinEurope .......................................................................... 149
Contents IX
Reinert,M.,Brekenfeld,C.,Taussky,P.,Andres,R.,Barth,A.,Seiler,R.W.:
Cerebralrevascularizationmodelinaswine................................................................ 153
Inoue,T.,Fujimoto,S.:
Predictionofcerebralbloodflowrestorationafterextracranial-intracranialbypasssurgeryusing
superficialtemporalarteryduplexultrasonography(STDU)............................................... 159
Venoussystem
Sindou,M.,Auque,J.,Jouanneau,E.:
Neurosurgeryandtheintracranialvenoussystem .......................................................... 167
Keller,E.,Pangalu,A.,Fandino,J.,Ko¨nu¨,D.,Yonekawa,Y.:
Decompressivecraniectomyinseverecerebralvenousandduralsinusthrombosis......................... 177
Authorindex................................................................................................ 185
Indexofkeywords .......................................................................................... 187
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Intracranial aneurysms
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Microsurgical clipping of cerebral aneurysms after the ISAT Study
M.Niemela¨1,T.Koivisto2,L.Kivipelto1,K.Ishii1,J.Rinne2,A.Ronkainen2,R.Kivisaari1,H.Shen1,
A.Karatas1,M.Lehecka1,J.Fro¨sen1,A.Piippo1,J.Ja¨a¨skela¨inen2,andJ.Hernesniemi1
1DepartmentofNeurosurgery,UniversityHospitalHelsinki,Helsinki,Finland
2DepartmentofNeurosurgery,UniversityHospitalKuopio,Kuopio,Finland
‘‘The arduous work of countless researchers has al- percentages of management morbidity and mortality
readythrownmuchdarknessonthesubject,andifthey – how about the patients who die of acute rebleeding
continue,weshallsoonknownothingatallaboutit’’ [7] or haematoma and do not get a chance of decent
MarkTwain recovery?
TheISATStudynailslowcaseloadmicrosurgeryof KuopioandHelsinkiAneurysmRegistries
cerebralaneurysms
Aneurysmal SAH is particularly frequent in Fin-
This landmark study [9] – somewhat Twainian at land. There is a linkage to 19q13.3 in Finnish aneur-
first glance – sets the stage for future microsurgery in ysm families [17, 20] but the interplay of genetic and
cerebral aneurysms and SAH. The ISAT Study does acquired risks [10] remains to be solved. The Kuopio
not nail microsurgery – it will nail microsurgery in low andHelsinkiAneurysm Registries(a)supportclinical
case load neurosurgical centers and in inexperienced trials [12, 13, 19], (b) collect basic clinical data [5, 6,
hands. In future neurovascular centers, exovascular 16], (c) characterize aneurysm families and collect
andendovascularsurgeonsareforcedtosupporteach bloodsamples[17,20],and(d)collectaneurysmwalls
otherbyhavingthefullresponsibilityoverthepopula- resected after clipping of the neck [4]. The first pub-
tion in a defined geographical area. Exosurgeons will lished prospective randomised study – well before
becomefarmoreexperienced–lessinnumberbutnot ISAT – compared the outcome with acutely ruptured
thelastMohicans. aneurysmaftercoilingorclippingattheKuopioUni-
versityHospitalineasternFinlandin1995–1997[11–
13,19,21].Ofthe199patients(a75years,a72hours
Populationbasedtreatmentofcerebralaneurysmsand from bleeding), only 109 (55%) were randomizable
SAH either to endovascular occlusion or to exovascular
occlusion– e.g., 37 patients were excluded because of
Inthenationalhealthministries,itiswisetoremem-
haematoma or mass e¤ect, and 33 because of aneur-
ber when deciding on the guidelines and facilities for
ysm morphology unsuitable for endovascular occlu-
endosurgery and exosurgery that aneurysmal SAH is
sion[11].
adismallydeadlydiseasewhentreatedwithfullpopu-
lation responsibility. One third of patients present
with a large haematoma or severe hydrocephalus ne-
Cellularandmolecularbiologyofthecerebral
cessitating immediate surgery. Mortality and morbid-
aneurysmwallispoorlyknown
ity figures are unattractive when the treatment center
functions as primary imaging center and accepts all Saccularcerebralarteryaneurysmsarenotjustpres-
patientsatultraearlyphasetopreventrebleeding.Se- surized blebs that threaten to leak. The cellular and
lection and delayed aneurysm occlusion ensure low molecularbiologyoftheaneurysmwallispoorlyunder-
Description:In July 2004 specialists in neurosurgery, neuroradiology, neurology and neurointensive care discussed recent trends at the 2nd Swiss Japanese Joint Conference on Cerebral Stroke Surgery, held in Zurich, Switzerland. New concepts were worked out during the conference and are published in this volume.