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Filter by:During surgery, electrophysiological signals will be acquired with the instrument (ISIS IOM, NeuroExplore, Software Version 4.4, Inomed) already in use at the Neurosurgery Service of the Neurocentro of the Hospital Civic Italian Switzerland in Lugano. Simultaneously to Somatosensorial Evoked Potential (SEP) will also be recorded the Electroencephalography (EEG) activity with the same detection of locations. For the purposes of the study the signals transmitted to the neurosurgeon through the hardware and the corresponding assessments done by the neurophysiologist responsible for intraoperative monitoring will be recorded. It will also be kept track of procedures performed during surgery.
The purpose of this study is to use a wire with a Doppler tip to measure blood flow in vessels in the brain and determine hemodynamic factors associated with treatment success or failure. Many neurological diseases cause abnormal blood flow in the brain in specific vessels. The special wire used in this study is place into brain blood vessels during standard of care procedure to treat such diseases, and blood flow parameters (such as velocity and pressure) are measured to gain better understanding of these neurological diseases.
The pupilometer determines the alteration of the pupil diameter after a defined light stimulus. In this study data is collected from pupilometer measurements of patients with an acute cerebral disease. The measurements take place during daily neurological routine examinations. The values are compared to outcomes resulting from pupilometer measurements done on patients having not an acute cerebral disease (e.g. cerebral aneurysm without symptoms). The study aims to establish the not invasive method of pupillometry for detecting neurological degradations early.
After obtaining approval from the Institutional Review Board of our institution, written informed consent is obtained from patients undergoing interventional cerebral aneurysm coiling procedure are enrolled in this prospective study and randomly allocated into one of two groups: Group-C (n=10) and Group-HES (n=10). All recruited patients will be given patient identification number (PIN) for the present study of 01-20 according to their order of interview and recruitment. Investigators will prepare 10 yellow and 10 green cards, which will be inserted in 20 thick-paper envelopes. Then, all envelopes will be sealed, mixed and randomly allocated to get numbers of 01 to 20 (Envelop number). After printing the envelope number outside envelope, all sealed envelopes with cards will be conveyed to and kept in pharmacy department. According to the color of the card, attending anesthesiologists will give crystalloid for yellow card or HES for green cards, respectively, to maintain stroke volume variation < 15 during volume controlled ventilation (8 ml/kg tidal volume) of O2/air mixture. Patient data and statistical analyses: Patient's data whole blood viscosity, PaO2, FiO2, Hemoglobin, urine amount, s-glucose will be determined from the patients' medical record after patient's discharge. All statistical analyses will be performed after the 20th patient's discharge and data acquisition
Part of interventional neuroradiology procedures for the treatment of selected cerebral aneurysms are now based on stenting. To reduce thromboembolic events, dual antiplatelet therapy (APT) combining aspirin and clopidogrel is proposed with close monitoring, since 1/3 of the patients are low responders due to variation of the biological response to clopidogrel . Ticagrelor is used by few teams but has never been evaluated in a randomized controlled trial. It could be an option for APT due to more reproducible response with less interindividual variability and reduced monitoring. The aim of this study is to demonstrate the interest of ticagrelor for the dual APT for platelet inhibition, in patients undergoing neurovascular stenting for cerebral aneurysm.
Goal directed therapy (GDT) is a technique, which employs a non-invasive cardiac output monitoring (NICOM) device to guide management of circulating blood volume and blood pressure during procedures. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the use of goal-directed therapy to optimize blood volume and cardiac output during the procedure can improve the outcome of patients undergoing endovascular treatment of a brain aneurysm.
Identifying and making a decision about the best health treatment or screening option can be difficult for patients. Decision aids can be used when there is more than one reasonable option, when no option has a clear advantage in terms of health outcomes, and when each option has benefits and harms that patients may value differently. Decision aids may be pamphlets, videos, or web-based tools. They make the decision explicit, describe the options available, and help people to understand these options as well as their possible benefits and harms. This helps patients to consider the options from a personal view (e.g., how important the possible benefits and harms are to them) and helps them to participate with their health practitioner in making a decision. Cerebral aneurysms are common and potentially very dangerous. However, there are important treatment choices that may prevent bleeding and stroke before aneurysm rupture.Current procedural options are clipping and endovascular coiling. The anatomy of most aneurysms is amenable to either treatment. The treatment decisions are not simple, since each choice has its own trade-offs. How the benefits and trade-offs are valued varies across different patients, and, therefore, the right treatment decision needs to include greater patient participation. This starts with better communication of the probabilities associated with the outcomes of each option in terms that can be understood by patients. Equally important is helping the patients clarify their own treatment goals, as well as legitimizing patients' partnership in the decision-making process. Tools (e.g., decision aids) to achieve shared decision-making, are lacking in this area of medicine. We propose to investigate the impact of such decision aids on patient satisfaction and the outcomes of cerebral aneurysm coiling and clipping. Aim 1. To determine whether structured decision aids offered to cerebral aneurysm patients are associated with increased patient participation in the decision making process as indicated by the OPTION score Aim 2. To determine whether structured decision aids offered to cerebral aneurysm patients are associated with improved quality of life and patient satisfaction outcomes immediately preoperatively, and 30 days postoperatively.
Anesthesia techniques that minimize anesthetic requirements and their effects may be beneficial. Esmolol, a short acting hyperselective β-adrenergic blocker is effective in blunting adrenergic response to several perioperative stimuli and so it might interfere in the effect of the anesthetic drugs on the brain. This study was designed to investigate the effect of esmolol on the consumption of propofol and sevoflurane in patients undergoing craniotomy.
Based on the anatomical features of the anterior Communicating artery complex, the investigators will analyze the outcome of the ACoA aneurysms treated by endovascular therapy. The most common site of intracranial aneurysms is the anterior communicating artery (AcomA). AcomA aneurysms account for approximately one-fourth of all intracranial aneurysms. Recent publications have addressed specifically the endovascular treatment of AcoA aneurysms. Furthermore, detailed anatomic characteristics and the effects of the multiple variations of the anterior communicating artery complex have scarcely been reported. The hemodynamic factors play a fundamental role in the adequate treatment of aneurismal coiling. The objective of our registry is to analyze the impact of morphological configuration of the anterior communicating artery complex and the results of coil embolization in AcoA aneurysms
The study is designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of minimally invasive neurosurgical techniques for patients with incidental cerebral aneurysms of the anterior circulation in the Hospital das Clínicas of the University of São Paulo Medical School.