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Filter by:Intracranial aneurysms located on the middle cerebral artery (MCA) are considered by many surgeons to represent a distinct subgroup of aneurysms for which clipping may still be the best management option. Most MCA aneurysms are accessible, proximal control can readily be secured in case of rupture, and clip application can typically proceed without requiring the dissection of perforating arteries. In comparison, certain anatomic features of MCA aneurysms such as a wide neck, often including a branch artery origin, frequently render endovascular management more difficult. New endovascular devices were and continue to be introduced to address these anatomic difficulties, including stents, flow diverters, and intra-saccular flow disruptors (ISFDs) such as the WEB. Thus, while most aneurysms are increasingly treated with endovascular methods, many MCA aneurysm patients are still managed surgically, but convincing evidence of which management paradigm is best is lacking.
Intracranial aneurysm is one of the most common cerebrovascular diseases, with a prevalence of about 3.2%. With the aging of the population and the further popularization of MRA and other examination methods, the prevalence of intracranial aneurysm will further increase. Rupture of intracranial aneurysm is an important cause of death and severe disability in patients. The annual rate of rupture of intracranial aneurysm is about 1%, and the size of aneurysm, the location of aneurysm in the posterior circulation, and the history of subarachnoid hemorrhage on the aneurysm wall are the risk factors for aneurysm rupture. Phases are currently recognized tools for assessing the risk of aneurysm rupture, which can provide important guidance for neurosurgeons and patients to decide whether to actively intervene. In the last century, for patients with intracranial aneurysm with high risk of rupture, craniotomy and clipping for intracranial aneurysm was the gold standard for treatment. However, with the rapid development of embolization technology and materials in the past 20 years, the application of endovascular embolization for intracranial aneurysms has been more and more widely, especially after several large prospective studies such as ISAT and ISUIA, endovascular embolization has more advantages over craniotomy clipping.Whereas, it is still very popular to adopt craniotomy clipping for middle cerebral artery aneurysms, the main reasons for which are relative superficial location, wider aneurysm neck, smaller parent artery and more branching vessels, etc., which make early endovascular embolization treatment not advantageous. With the maturity of stent-assisted embolization technology in recent years, the use of a new generation of stents, and the improvement of perioperative anti-platelet strategies, endovascular embolization has achieved good results in the treatment of middle artery aneurysms. However, these studies were retrospective, single-center studies, subject to a variety of confounding factors, and the reliability of the results is limited. Therefore, it will be of great clinical significance to carry out a prospective, multi-center clinical study on the treatment strategy of middle cerebral artery aneurysms. Patients with unruptured middle cerebral artery aneurysms who had been diagnosed with at least one imaging （CTA/MRA/DSA）were enrolled. The treatment including endovascular embolization and craniotomy clipping was determined according to routine management in the center. After receiving informed consent from the patients, the safety and effectiveness data were obtained to verify whether endovascular embolization was safe and effective. Through further follow-up and data analysis, protective factors and risk factors for the treatment of middle cerebral artery aneurysms were investigated. Through well-designed clinical studies, safer and more effective treatment methods can be found, and potential factors leading to perioperative complications can be found, ultimately improving the prognosis of patients with middle cerebral artery aneurysms.
According to the current view, cerebral aneurysms are acquired degenerative lesions resulting from hemodynamic stress. This single-center case-control study will be carried out at the Department of Neurosurgery, Regional Hospital in Sosnowiec, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland between June 2015 and June 2017. The aim of the study is to determine morphometric and hemodynamic parameters of aneurysmal and non-aneurysmal middle cerebral artery (MCA) bifurcations and to analyze their relationship with aneurysm formation. A minimum of 75 cases and 75 age- and sex-matched controls will be required for the study. Characteristics of the MCA bifurcations will be determined with computed tomography angiography (CTA) and transcranial color-coded sonography (TCCS). The following variables will be evaluated as potential risk factors for MCA aneurysm formation: radii and cross-sectional area of the main MCA trunk and its branches, tortuosity of MCA trunk, asymmetry ratio, area ratio, the angle between the post-bifurcation branches, the angles between the MCA trunk and the larger and smaller branch, volume flow rate, mean flow velocity and pulsatility index of the MCA. All morphometric and hemodynamic parameters will be assessed as potential risk factors for MCA aneurysm formation.