title: Novel balloon-and-aspiration method for cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: dental-floss technique.
abstract: Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis is sometimes fatal. The standard treatment for sinus thrombosis is anticoagulation, but endovascular intervention must be considered when medical treatment fails. Mechanical thrombectomy is usually required when a large clot burden exits. Unfortunately, in sinus thrombosis attributable to a clot burden larger than that in an intracranial artery, the conventional technique used for intraarterial acute stroke intervention with a stent retriever and/or aspiration is not very effective. The authors describe here their endovascular approach to mechanical thrombectomy for sinus thrombosis using aspiration combined with angioplasty balloon support.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.|Department of Neurosurgery, Wakayama Medical University.
authors.forename: Yoshikazu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.|Department of Neurosurgery, Wakayama Rosai Hospital, Wakayama City, Japan ; and.
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.|Department of Neurosurgery, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Joonho
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Webster Crowley
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Demetrius K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Lopes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000379:methods*; D003742:Dental Devices, Home Care; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012851:Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D017131:Thrombectomy / Q000379:methods; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator; D015898:Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator
keywords: aspiration catheter; balloon catheter; cerebral venous sinus thrombosis; novel technique