Neurointervention.  2012 Feb;7(1):34-39. 10.5469/neuroint.2012.7.1.34.

Initial Experience with Neuroform EZ in the Treatment of Wide-neck Cerebral Aneurysms

• Mangubat E
• Johnson AK
• Keigher KM
• Lopes DK

• KMID: 1783997
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5469/neuroint.2012.7.1.34

Abstract

PURPOSE
Stent-assisted coiling allows embolization and parent vessel reconstruction of wide-necked intracranial aneurysms. The Neuroform EZ (Boston Scientific, Fremont, CA, U.S.A.) stent delivery system offers deployment of a Neuroform stent with fewer steps and improved operator control. Initial experience, technical considerations, and treatment outcomes using the Neuroform EZ stent delivery system in combination with coil embolization are reported.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Seventeen consecutive patients harboring 21 wide-necked saccular cerebral aneurysms were treated with stent reconstruction. Twenty aneurysms were unruptured; one was treated within 24 hours of diagnosis of rupture. Twenty aneurysms were located in the anterior circulation; one was in the posterior circulation. Immediate and six-month post-treatment angiography and clinical assessment were performed.
RESULTS
In all cases, the stents were delivered and positioned without difficulty in deployment. Technical complications occurred in 4 patients, but none were directly related to the stent delivery system. On immediate post-treatment angiography, 5 of 21 aneurysms showed complete occlusion, 5 of 21 showed residual neck, and 11 of 21 showed residual contrast filling of the aneurysm sac. At six month follow-up, all 17 patients were clinically stable. Angiography of 18 of the aneurysms showed total occlusion in 12, residual neck in 3, and residual aneurysm filling in 3. Retreatment was performed in the three with residual aneurysm.
CONCLUSION
The Neuroform EZ stent system offers improved anchoring and support in stent delivery, which is particularly useful when multiple stents are overlapped to further protect the parent vessel and increase flow diversion away from the aneurysm sac. The only significant problem encountered was coil prolapse, which could be treated with a second stent when necessary. The ease of deployment improves upon the already clinically successful Neuroform design.

Keyword

Aneurysm; Coil embolization; Neuroform EZ; Stent-assisted coiling

MeSH Terms

Aneurysm
Angiography
Follow-Up Studies
Glycosaminoglycans
Humans
Intracranial Aneurysm
Neck
Parents
Prolapse
Retreatment
Rupture
Stents
Glycosaminoglycans

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