• Journal of neurosurgery · Dec 2007

    Case Reports

    Contralateral vertebral approach for stenting and coil embolization of a large, thrombosed vertebral-posterior inferior cerebellar artery aneurysm. Case report.

    • Robert D Ecker, Ricardo A Hanel, Elad I Levy, and L Nelson Hopkins.
    • Millard Fillmore Gates Hospital, Kaleida Health, 14209, USA.
    • J. Neurosurg. 2007 Dec 1; 107 (6): 1214-6.

    AbstractThe authors report the successful staged stenting and coil embolization of a large vertebral artery-posterior inferior cerebellar artery (VA-PICA) aneurysm using the contralateral VA for access. A 67-year-old woman presented with a large ruptured VA-PICA aneurysm. Initial attempts to stent the wide-necked aneurysm from the ipsilateral side failed, so coil embolization of the dome was performed. During a second endovascular session, the aneurysm neck was successfully stented from the contralateral VA into the PICA. Six weeks later, coils were inserted into the aneurysm from the ipsilateral side. The coil result was stable at the 3-month follow-up examination.

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