• Hanna Styczen, Volker Maus, Ioannis Tsogkas, Dan Meila, Maxim Bester, Jan-Hendrik Buhk, and Marios Nikos Psychogios.
• Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany; Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Hospital Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany. Electronic address: hanna.styczen@uk-essen.de.
• World Neurosurg. 2020 Apr 1; 136: e593-e600.

BackgroundDespite the proven benefit of transradial access over transfemoral access in cardiac procedures, the transition for cerebrovascular procedures has only been slowly enforced. We present our experience with transradial access in cerebral diagnostic angiographies and neurointerventional procedures.MethodsWe performed a retrospective analysis of patients who underwent transradial access for cerebrovascular procedures in 3 German centers between February 2017 and May 2019. Demographics, technical features, and complications were evaluated.ResultsTransradial access was successful in 40/45 endovascular procedures (89%). Selected catheterization of the intended vessels was obtained in 95% of cases (40/42). The rate of procedure-related vascular complications was 2% (1/45).ConclusionsIn this small retrospective series, transradial access proved to be safe and efficient. In the future, it is planned to further promote it as a standard access alternative for more patients.Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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