• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.284-288
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• 2009

Objective : Our retrospective study aimed to determine whether 16-slice computerized tomography (CT) angiography optimized sharp kernel is suitable for the evaluation of visibility, luminal patency and re-stenosis of intracranial stents in comparison with conventional angiography. Methods : Fifteen patients with symptomatic intracranial stenotic lesions underwent balloon expandable stent deployment of these lesions (10 middle cerebral arteries, 2 intracranial vertebral arteries, and 3 intracranial internal carotid arteries). CT angiography follow-up ranged from 6 to 15 months (mean follow-up, 8 months) after implantation of intracranial stents and conventional angiography was confirmed within 2 days. Curved multiplanar reformations with maximal intensity projection (MIP) with optimal window settings for assessment of lumen of intracranial stents were evaluated for visible lumen diameter, stent patency (contrast distal to the stent as an indirect sign), and re-stenosis by two experienced radiologists who blinded to the reports from the conventional angiography. Results : All of stents deployed into symptomatic stenotic lesions. All stents were classified as patent and no re-stenosis, which was correlated with results of conventional angiography. Parts of the stent lumen could be visualized in all cases. On average, 57% of the stent lumen diameter was visible using optimized sharp kernel. Significant improvement of lumen visualization (22%, p<0.01) was observed using the optimized sharp kernel compared with the standard sharp kernel. Inter-observer agreements on the measurement of lumen diameter and density were judged as good, respectively (p<0.05). Conclusion : Sixteen-slice CT using the optimized sharp kernel may provide a useful information for evaluation of lumen diameter patency, and re-stenosis of intracranial stents.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제48권6호
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• pp.485-489
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• 2010

Objective : To introduce the frequency and segment analysis of in-stent stenosis for intracranial stent assisted endovascular treatment on complex aneurysms. Methods : A retrospective study was performed in 158 patients who had intracranial complex aneurysms and were treated by endovascular stent application with or without coil embolization. Of these, 102 patients were evaluated with catheter based angiography after 6, 12, and 18 months. Aneurysm location, using stent, time to stenosis, stenosis rate and narrowing segment were analyzed. Results : Among follow-up cerebral angiography done in 102 patients, 8 patients (7.8%) were shown an in-stent stenosis. Two patients have unruptured aneurysm and six patients have ruptured one. Number of Neuroform stents were 7 cases (7.5%) and Enterprise stent in 1 case (11.1%). Six patients demonstrated in-stent stenosis at 6 months after stent application and remaining two patients were shown at 12 months, 18 months, respectively. Conclusion : In-stent stenosis can be confronted after intracranial stent deployment. In our study, no patient showed symptomatic stenosis and there were no patients who required to further treatment except continuing antiplatets medication. In-stent stenosis has been known to be very few when they are placed into the non-pathologic parent artery during the complex aneurysm treatment, but the authors found that it was apt to happen on follow up angiography. Although the related symptom was not seen in our cases, the luminal narrowing at the stented area may result the untoward hemodynamic event in the specific condition.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제61권4호
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• pp.458-466
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• 2018

Objective : To compare peri-operative any symptomatic stroke after carotid angioplasty and stenting (CAS), based on the application or absence of a cerebral protection device. Methods : A systematic literature review using PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Central was done across an online data base from January 1995 to October 2016. Procedures which were performed due to carotid dissection or aneurysm, procedures using covered stents or conducted in an emergency, were excluded. The primary endpoint was perioperative any symptomatic stroke within 30 days after the procedure. A fixed effect model was used in cases of heterogeneity less than 50%. Results : In the 25 articles included in this study, the number of stroke events was 326 (2.0%) in protected CAS and 142 (3.4%) in unprotected CAS. The use of cerebral protection device significantly decreased stroke after CAS (odds ratio [OR] 0.633, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.479-0.837, p=0.001). In the publication bias analysis, Egger's regression test disclosed that the intercept was -0.317 (95% CI -1.015-0.382, p=0.358). Regarding symptomatic patients (four studies, 539 CAS procedures), the number of stroke was six (1.7%) in protected CAS and 11 (5.7%) in unprotected CAS. The protective effect against stroke events by cerebral protection device did not have a statistical significance (OR 0.455, 95% CI 0.151-1.366, p=0.160). Conclusion : The use of protection device significantly decreased stroke after CAS. However, its efficacy was not demonstrated in symptomatic patients. Routine use of protection device during CAS should be critically assessed before mandatory use.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.53-58
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• 2010

Objective : The purpose of this study was to review the safety and durability of aneurysms treated with stent-assisted coiling of ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysms with small parent vessels (< 2.0 mm). Methods : Retrospective review of all ruptured aneurysm treated with stent assisted endovascular coiling between March 2005 and March 2009 at our institution was conducted. We report 11 cases of the Neuroform stent placement into cerebral vessels measuring less than 2.0 mm in diameter (range, 1.3-1.9 mm) in anterior cerebral artery. Clinical follow-up ranged from 3 to 12 months and imaging follow-up was performed with cerebral angiography at 6 months and 12 months after discharge. Results : Complete occlusion was achieved in 10 patients, and a remnant neck was evident in one. No stent displacement or no dislodgement occurred during stent placement. There was no evidence of thromboembolic complication, arterial dissection and spasm during procedure. We performed follow-up angiography in all patients at 6 months and/or 12 months from the first procedure. The follow-up angiographic data showed successfully results except one in-stent stenosis case. All patients improved clinical performances except one patient with severe vasospasm who showed poor clinical condition initially. Conclusion : We have safely and successfully treated 11 vessels smaller than 2.0 mm in diameter with self-expanding stents with good short and intermediate term results. More clinical data with longer follow-ups are needed to establish the role of stent-assisted coiling in ruptured aneurysms with small parent vessels.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제62권5호
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• pp.536-544
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• 2019

Objective : The objective of this study was to evaluatelong-term radiologic prognosis and characteristics of in-stent stenosis (ISS) after stent assisted coiling (SAC) for cerebral aneurysm and analyze its risk factors. Methods : Radiological records of 362 cases of SAC during 10 years were retrospectively reviewed. Patients were included in this study if they had follow-up angiogram using catheter selected angiography at least twice. All subjected were followed up from 12 months to over 30 months. Of 120 patients, 123 aneurysms were enrolled. Patient data including age, sex, aneurysm size, neck size, procedural complication, kinds of stent, ISS associated symptom, ruptured state, location of ISS, degree of ISS, radiologic prognosis of ISS, follow-up period of time, and medical comorbidities such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus (DM), dyslipidemia, and smoking were collected.Statistical comparisons of group clinical characteristics were conducted for the total population. Results : Among 123 casesof aneurysm, 22 cases (17.9%) of ISS were revealed on follow-up angiography. Multiple stenting was performed in three cases and intra-procedural rupture occurred in two cases. Most cases were asymptomatic and symptomatic stenosis was identified in only one case. Sixteen cases were ruptured aneurysm. Mild stenosis was observed in 11 cases. Moderate stenosis was found in eight cases and severe stenosis was identified in three cases. Mean timing of identification of ISS was 8.90 months. The most common type was proximal type. Most cases were improved or not changed on follow-up angiography. Only one case was aggravated from mild stenosis to occlusion of parent artery. Mean follow-up period was 44.3 months. We compared risk factors and characteristic between ISS group and non-ISS group using univariate analysis. Multiple stenting was performed for three cases (13.6%) of the ISS group and four cases (4.0%) of the non-ISS group, showing no statistical difference between the two groups (p=0.108). Additionally, the proportion of patients who had more than two risk factors among four medical risk factors (hypertension, DM, dyslipidemia, and smoking) was higher in the ISS group than that in the non-ISS group, the difference between the two was not statistically significant either (31.8% vs. 12.9%, p=0.05). Conclusion : Clinical course and long-term prognosis of ISS might be benign. Most cases of ISS could be improved or not aggravated. Control of medical co-morbidity might be important. To the best of our knowledge, our study had more cases with longer follow-up period of time than other reports.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.144-152
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• 2016

경동맥경화증은 대뇌혈류를 감소시킬 수 있고, 대뇌신경세포의 활성도에 영향을 미칠 수 있다. 저자들은 경동맥스텐트삽입술(carotid-artery stenting, CAS) 후 뇌혈류예비능의 회복이 뇌파의 파워스펙트럼에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 우선 19명의 CAS 대상자들을 모집하였다. SPECT의 subtraction imaging과 뇌파를 두 번의 시기에 검사하였다. 두 번의 시기는 CAS 시술 직전과 시술하고 1개월이 지난 시점이었다. EEG는 acetazolamide 주입 전(pre-ACZ EEG)과 주입 후(pre-ACZ EEG)에 기록하였다. 검사를 모두 하지 못했거나 뇌파기록의 질이 분석에 적절하지 못했던 환자를 제외하고 최종적으로 7명의 환자를 대상으로 연구하였다. 저자들은 각각의 대뇌 반구에서 spectral ratio (SR)를 구했다. SR은 빠른파형의 파워스펙트럼 수치를 느린파형의 파워스펙트럼 수치로 나눈 값으로 정의하였다. 또한 저자들은 저자들은 반구간인덱스(inter-hemispheric index of spectral ratio, IHISR)를 이용하여 양쪽 대뇌 반구 사이의 파워스펙트럼 수치를 비교하였고, 파워스펙트럼의 변화와 뇌혈류예비능의 변화 사이의 연관성을 관찰하였다. 총 7명의 환자 중 6명의 환자에서 CAS 시행 후 스텐트를 삽입한 쪽의 뇌혈류예비능이 호전되었다. 편측 경동맥경화증이 있었던 3명의 환자들에서는 모든 환자에서 CAS가 pre-ACZ EEG에서 SR을 증가시켰고, post-ACZ EEG의 IHISR을 증가시켰다. SR과 IHISR의 증가는 뇌혈류예비능의 증가와 연관성이 있었다. 반면에 양쪽 경동맥경화증이 있었던 나머지 환자들의 결과는 복잡한 양상을 띄었다. 경동맥협착증이 한쪽에만 있는 환자에서 pre-ACZ EEG의 SR과 post-ACZ EEG의 IHISR가 CAS를 시술한 후에 뇌혈류예비능의 변화를 평가할 수 있는 유용한 전기생리학적 지표가 될 수 있다는 것을 본 연구의 결과를 통해 알 수 있었다. 그러나 경동맥협착증이 양쪽 모두에 있었던 환자들에서는 결과가 복잡한 양상으로 나타났다. 이는 양쪽 협착이 있는 경우에는 뇌의 혈역학이 복잡하기 때문일 것으로 판단하였다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제63권5호
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• pp.598-606
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• 2020

Objective : The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of time interval between index event and stenting on the periprocedural risk of stenting for symptomatic carotid stenosis and to determine the optimal timing of stenting. Methods : This retrospective study included 491 (322 symptomatic [65.6%] and 169 asymptomatic [34.4%]) patients undergoing carotid stenting. The symptomatic patients were categorized into Day 0-3, 4-7, 8-10, 11-14, 15-21, and >21 groups according to the time interval between index event and stenting. Periprocedural (≤30 days) risk for clinical (any neurological deterioration) and radiological (new infarction on postprocedural diffusion-weighted imaging) events of stenting in each time interval versus asymptomatic stenosis was calculated with logistic regression analysis adjusted for confounders, and provided as odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI). Results : Overall clinical event rate (4.3%) of stenting for symptomatic carotid stenosis was higher than that for asymptomatic stenosis (1.2%; OR, 3.979 [95% CI, 1.093-14.489]; p=0.036). Stenting in Day 0-3 (13.2%; OR, 10.997 [95% CI, 2.333-51.826]; p=0.002) and Day 4-7 (8.3%; OR, 6.775 [95% CI, 1.382-33.227]; p=0.018) was associated with high risk for clinical events. However, the clinical event rates in stenting after 7 days from index event (Day 8-10, 1.8%; Day 11-14, 2.5%; Day 15-21, 0%; Day >21, 2.9%) were not different from that in stenting for asymptomatic stenosis. Overall radiological event rate (55.6%) in symptomatic stenosis was also higher than that in asymptomatic stenosis (35.5%; OR, 2.274 [95% CI, 1.553-3.352]; p<0.001). The high risk for radiological events was maintained in all time intervals (Day 0-3 : 55.3%; OR, 2.224 [95% CI, 1.103-4.627]; p=0.026; Day 4-7 : 58.3%; OR, 2.543 [95% CI, 1.329-4.949]; p=0.005; Day 8-10 : 53.6%; OR, 2.096 [95% CI, 1.138-3.889]; p=0.018; Day 11-14 : 57.5%; OR, 2.458 [95% CI, 1.225-5.021]; p=0.012; Day 15-21 : 55.6%; OR, 2.271 [95% CI, 1.099-4.764]; p=0.028; Day >21 : 54.8%; OR, 2.203 [95% CI, 1.342-3.641]; p=0.002). Conclusion : This study showed that as stenting was delayed, the periprocedural risk for clinical events decreased. The clinical event risk was high only in stenting within 7 days and comparable with that for asymptomatic stenosis in stenting after 7 days from index event, although the radiological event risk was not affected by stenting timing. Therefore, our results suggest that delayed stenting after 7 days from symptom onset is a safe strategy for symptomatic stenosis.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.280-286
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• 2009

목적: 중대뇌동맥 협착증은 예후가 좋지 않아 스텐트 삽입술 같은 적극적인 치료법이 많이 시행되고 있다. 이 연구는 일측 중대뇌동맥 협착에서 시행한 스텐트 삽입술의 효용성을 기저/아세타졸아미드 국소뇌혈류 SPECT의 확률뇌지도 분석법(statistical probabilistic mapping; SPAM)을 이용하여 혈류역학적 측면에서 객관적으로 평가하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 2005년 8월부터 2008년 2월 사이에 일측 중대뇌동맥 협착증으로 진단되어 스텐트 삽입술을 시행한 환자 중에서 시술 전후에 기저/아세타졸아미드 국소뇌혈류 SPECT를 시행한 8명의 환자(남:여 = 3:5, 평균 연령: 64.8$\pm$10.5세)를 대상으로 후향적 분석을 시행하였다. 스텐트 삽입술 전후의 기저뇌혈류 및 혈류예비능(cerebral vascular reserve: CVR)의 평가를 위해 기저/아세타졸아미드 국소뇌혈류 SPECT를 시술 전후에 시행하였다. SPAM을 이용하여 협착이 있던 측과 협착이 없던 측의 중대피동맥 영역의 뇌혈류계수를 구하였다. 스텐트 삽입술 전후의 혈류예비능지표(cerebral vascular reserve index; CVRI)차이를 구하여 혈류예비능 호전을 나타내었다. 모든 환자는 스텐트 삽입술 후 출혈성 또는 허혈성 합병증이 없었고, 시술 후 3개월 이내 폐색성 뇌혈관 질환의 추가발병이 없었다. 결과: 스텐트 삽입술 후 협착이 있던 중대뇌동맥 영역의 기저 뇌혈류계수는 8명의 환자 중 7명에서 시술 전 기저뇌혈류계수보다 증가하였다. 스텐트 삽입술 후 혈류예비능 지표는 7명의 환자에서 시술 전보다 증가하였다. 집단별 분석에서 스텐트 삽입술 전 협착이 있던 중대뇌동맥 영역의 기저뇌혈류계수는 시술 후보다 유의하게 증가하였다(47.1$\pm$2.2 ml/min/100 g vs. 48.3$\pm$2.9 ml/min/100 g, p=0.025), 스텐트 삽입술 전 협착이 있던 중대뇌동맥 영역의 혈류예비능지표는 시술 후보다 유의하게 증가하였다(-2.1$\pm$2.9% vs. 0.1$\pm$1.3%, p=0.035). 협착이 없던 중대뇌동맥 영역의 기저뇌혈류계수 및 혈류예비능지표는 스텐트 삽입술 전과후에 유의한 차이가 없었다(p=0.161, p=0.889). 결론: 이 연구에서는 국소뇌혈류 SPECT의 SPAM 분석을 통하여 중대뇌동맥 협착환자에서 스텐트 삽입술 전과 후의 기저뇌혈류와 혈류예비능을 정량적으로 측정, 비교하여 시술 후 기저뇌혈류와 혈류예비능이 모두 유의하게 개선되었음을 밝혀내었다. 따라서, 뇌혈류 SPECT의 SPAM 분석은 중대피동맥 협착환자에서 스텐트 삽입술 후의 혈류역학적 개선을 평가하는데 유용할 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제58권5호
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• pp.419-425
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• 2015

Objective : Acute vertebrobasilar artery occlusion (AVBAO) is a devastating disease with a high mortality rate. One of the most important factors affecting favorable clinical outcome is early recanalization. Mechanical thrombectomy is an emerging treatment strategy for achieving a high recanalization rates. However, thrombectomy alone can be insufficient to complete recanalization, especially for acute stroke involving large artery atheromatous disease. The purpose of this study is to investigate the safety and efficacy of mechanical thrombectomy in AVBAO. Methods : Fourteen consecutive patients with AVBAO were treated with mechanical thrombectomy. Additional multimodal treatments were intra-arterial (IA) thrombolysis, balloon angioplasty, or permanent stent placement. Recanalization by thrombectomy alone and multimodal treatments were assessed by the Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction (TICI) score. Clinical outcome was determined using the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) at 7 days and the modified Rankin Scale (mRS) at 3 months. Results : Thrombectomy alone and multimodal treatments were performed in 10 patients (71.4%) and 4 patients (28.6%), respectively. Successful recanalization (TICI 2b-3) was achieved in 11 (78.6%). Among these 11 patients, 3 (27.3%) underwent multimodal treatment due to underlying atherosclerotic stenosis. Ten (71.4%) of the 14 showed NIHSS score improvement of >10. Overall mortality was 3 (21.4%) of 14. Conclusion : We suggest that mechanical thrombectomy is safe and effective for improving recanalization rates in AVBAO, with low complication rates. Also, in carefully selected patients after the failure of recanalization by thrombectomy alone, additional multimodal treatment such as IA thrombolysis, balloons, or stents can be needed to achieve successful recanalization.