Far-Lateral Approach for Lower Basilar Artery Aneurysms

Basilar artery fenestration associated with aneurysms treated by endovascular approach

Introduction: Arterial fenestrations are associated with saccular aneurysms that are often difficult to treat with open surgical techniques. Basilar artery fenestration reported in the literature is highly variable depending on the technique used. Typically fenestration occurs at the lower end of the basilar artery just at the vertebral arteries join. For basilar artery fenestrations associated...

Endovascular treatment of distal basilar artery aneurysms

Saccular aneurysms in basilar artery fenestration.

Of 59 cases of vertebrobasilar junction aneurysms diagnosed and treated from January 1977 to April 1986, 21 (35.5%) saccular aneurysms arose in a fenestration of the proximal basilar artery. Defects of the media at the junctures of the fenestrated segments, as well as the possible presence of turbulent flow at the vertebrobasilar junction, may explain the high incidence of vertebrobasilar aneur...

Microsurgery for the aneurysms of the basilar artery apex.

The aneurysms of the Basilar Artery apex (ABA) are not very common. My personal experience derives from having performed surgery on a number of 3340 patients with cerebral aneurysms at the Department of Vascular Neurosurgery II in Bucharest between 1979 and 2010. In 234 (7%) of the aneurysms they were located in the posterior vasculature. In 146 patients, representing 4.37% of the total number ...

Orbitozygomatic approach to basilar apex aneurysms.

Basilar apex region aneurysms are among the most complex cerebral aneurysms. They are not, however, among the most common aneurysms, and increased use of endovascular treatment has further decreased the number of patients with these lesions who undergo surgery. Nonetheless, not all basilar apex aneurysms are amenable to coil embolization, and neurosurgeons must be prepared to treat patients wit...