title: Observation of cerebral aneurysm wall thickness using intraoperative microscopy: clinical and morphological analysis of translucent aneurysm.
abstract: Intracranial aneurysms suffer various interactions between hemodynamics and pathobiology, and rupture when this balance disrupted. Aneurysm wall morphology is a result of these interactions and reflects the quality of the maturation. However, it is a poorly documented in previous studies. The purpose of this study is to observe aneurysm wall thickness and describe the characteristics of translucent aneurysm by analyzing clinical and morphological parameters. 253 consecutive patients who underwent clipping surgery in a single institute were retrospectively analyzed. Only middle cerebral artery aneurysms (MCA) which exposed most part of the dome during surgery were included. Aneurysms were categorized based on intraoperative video findings. Aneurysms more than 90 % of super-thin dome and any aneurysms with entirely super-thin-walled daughter sac were defined as translucent aneurysm. A total of 110 consecutive patients with 116 unruptured MCA aneurysms were included. Ninety-two aneurysms (79.3 %) were assigned to the not-translucent group and 24 (20.7 %) to the translucent group. The relative proportion of translucent aneurysm in each age group was highest at ages 50-59 years and absent at ages 30-39 and 70-79 years. There was a trend that translucent aneurysms were smaller in size (p = 0.019). Multivariate logistic analysis showed that translucent aneurysm was strongly correlated with height <3 mm (p = 0.003). We demonstrated that the translucent aneurysms were smaller in size and the aneurysm height <3 mm was related. These results may provide information in determining treatment strategies in patients with small size aneurysm.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Catholic University of Medicine, 505 Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, 137-701, Korea.
authors: Jihye
authors: J
authors: Song
authors: Jung Eon
authors: JE
authors: Park
authors: Hyoung Ryoul
authors: HR
authors: Kim
authors: Yong Sam
authors: YS
authors: Shin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D020768:Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000473:pathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
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