Tsutsumi Masanori, Kazekawa Kiyoshi, Onizuka Masanari, Aikawa Hiroshi, Nii Kouhei, Kodama Tomonobu, Iko Minoru, Tomokiyo Makoto, Matsubara Shuko, Tanaka Akira
Department of Neurosurgery, Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital, 1-1-1 Zokumyoin, Chikushino, Fukuoka, 818-8502, Japan.
Radiat Med. 2007 Aug 1;25(7):335-8. doi: 10.1007/s11604-007-0148-0. Epub 2007 Aug 27.
The PercuSurge system is a distal balloon embolic protection device used for carotid artery stenting (CAS). We performed a retrospective study on the prognosis and clinical effects of spasms induced by the PercuSurge GuardWire system (PercuSurge-induced spasm).
We performed CAS in 118 carotid stenoses using the PercuSurge system. Of the 118 procedures, 31 (26.3%) of the patients experienced PercuSurge-induced spasm, and all underwent postoperative follow-up studies by cerebral angiography and antiplatelet treatment.
On follow-up angiograms obtained a mean of 5.2 months (range 3-10 months) after CAS, all 31 PercuSurge-induced spasms had disappeared, and no delayed stenosis was found at the sites where the spasms had occurred. No ischemic events due to the spasms occurred during a mean follow-up of 13 months (range 3-32 months).
In the hands of physicians experienced in endovascular surgery, CAS using the PercuSurge system is a safe method with which to treat patients with carotid stenosis. Our study demonstrated that PercuSurge-induced spasms had no morphological or clinical adverse effects.
PercuSurge系统是一种用于颈动脉支架置入术(CAS)的远端球囊栓塞保护装置。我们对PercuSurge GuardWire系统引起的痉挛(PercuSurge诱导的痉挛)的预后和临床效果进行了一项回顾性研究。
我们使用PercuSurge系统对118例颈动脉狭窄患者进行了CAS。在这118例手术中,31例(26.3%)患者发生了PercuSurge诱导的痉挛,所有患者均接受了术后脑血管造影随访研究和抗血小板治疗。
在CAS术后平均5.2个月(范围3 - 10个月)获得的随访血管造影中,所有31例PercuSurge诱导的痉挛均已消失,且在痉挛发生部位未发现延迟性狭窄。在平均13个月(范围3 - 32个月)的随访期间,未发生因痉挛导致的缺血事件。
在有血管内手术经验的医生手中,使用PercuSurge系统进行CAS是治疗颈动脉狭窄患者的一种安全方法。我们的研究表明,PercuSurge诱导的痉挛没有形态学或临床不良影响。