• Yuichiro Kikkawa, Tomomichi Kayahara, Akio Teranishi, Aoto Shibata, Kaima Suzuki, Tomoya Kamide, Toshiki Ikeda, and Hiroki Kurita.
• Department of Cerebrovascular Surgery, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan; Department of Neurosurgery, Saitama Prefecture Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Saitama, Japan. Electronic address: ykikkawa@saitama-med.ac.jp.
• World Neurosurg. 2019 Dec 1; 132: e637-e644.

ObjectiveTo evaluate the clinical results and factors related to the resolution of preoperative cranial neuropathy after internal carotid artery ligation with high-flow bypass in patients with symptomatic large or giant cavernous carotid aneurysms.MethodsThis study included 18 consecutive patients (15 women) with cranial neuropathy. All patients underwent therapeutic internal carotid artery ligation with high-flow bypass using a radial artery graft. Patient demographics, duration of symptoms, clinical outcomes, complications, and radiographic findings were retrospectively analyzed. The mean follow-up period was 31.0 months (range: 3-74 months).ResultsPatients' mean age was 66.6 years, and the mean aneurysm size was 23.7 mm. Six patients (33%) had partially thrombosed aneurysms. Preoperatively, 16 (89%) and 8 (44%) patients presented with ophthalmoplegia and facial pain, respectively. Bypass patency was confirmed in 15 patients (83%), and obliteration of the aneurysm was confirmed in all patients at the final follow-up. Preoperative ophthalmoplegia resolved in 10 patients (63%), and trigeminal pain resolved in all patients. Postoperative resolution of patients' ophthalmoplegia was significantly associated with age (P = 0.044), symptom duration before treatment (P = 0.042), and the degree of ophthalmoplegia (P = 0.046). The degree of postoperative residual ophthalmoplegia was positively correlated with the duration of ophthalmoplegia from onset to surgery (r = 0.619; P = 0.011). Preoperative trigeminal pain resolved regardless of the preoperative duration of this symptom in all patients.ConclusionsEarly treatment is recommended when treating large or giant cavernous carotid aneurysms with cranial neuropathy. Complete resolution is possible in younger patients with partial neuropathy.Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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