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Review Case Reports
Strategies for treatment of multiple brain aneurysms without intra-operative adjuncts.
- Chiazor U Onyia and Omotayo A Ojo.
- Neurosurgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Lagoon Hospitals, Lagos, Nigeria. Electronic address: shalomazor@yahoo.com.
- World Neurosurg. 2022 Oct 1; 166: 545954-59.
BackgroundAlthough fairly rare, multiple brain aneurysms are well known to occur in certain conditions such as arteriovenous malformations, coarctation of the aorta, renal artery stenosis, adult type 3 polycystic kidney disease, as well as connective tissue disorders (such as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Marfan syndrome, and fibromuscular dysplasia). Increased incidence of complications of surgery in such situations is expected to be more likely than in surgery for a single aneurysm, particularly in the absence of intraoperative guidance with adjuncts.MethodsWe report a case of an anterior communicating artery aneurysm, a right middle cerebral artery aneurysm, and a right pericallosal aneurysm in a 70-year-old man. All 3 aneurysms were clipped through a single-stage approach without the aid of any adjuncts such as micro-Doppler ultrasonography, indocyanine green videoangiography, or intraoperative digital subtraction angiography. We carried out a literature review for past publications on similar reports.ResultsThe patient made a complete postoperative recovery and sustained no neurologic deficits. Out of 388 publications from the literature search, only 1 case report described clipping of 2 tandem aneurysms in a 60-year-old woman without mentioning any intraoperative adjuncts.ConclusionsThis case illustrates that multiple aneurysms can actually be safely operated with adequate planning in the absence of these adjuncts, especially in resource-poor regions. This is particularly crucial in Africa and most low-and-middle-income countries, where such facilities and equipment are not common.Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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