title: Successful treatment of a giant pediatric fusiform basilar trunk aneurysm with surpass flow diverter.
abstract: Fusiform aneurysms present a unique challenge to traditional microsurgical and endovascular treatment because of the lack of a discernible neck and the involvement of parent vessel. Flow diversion has increasingly become the treatment of choice for fusiform aneurysms in the anterior circulation, but its results in the posterior circulation are variable. We report successful treatment of a giant fusiform upper basilar trunk aneurysm with the Surpass flow diverter in an adolescent, and discuss the potential advantages of this emerging technology in the treatment of fusiform posterior circulation aneurysms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kan
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, USF, Tampa, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: Maxim
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mokin
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Ajit S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Puri
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, New England Center for Stroke Research and Division Neuroimaging and Intervention, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Division of Neuroimaging and Intervention, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Ajay K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Wakhloo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001259:Ataxia / Q000209:etiology; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D004172:Diplopia / Q000209:etiology; D004401:Dysarthria / Q000209:etiology; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006493:Heparin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D006493:Heparin