Cerebrovascular neurosurgery 2014

Endovascular Treatment of a Distal C1 Dissecting Aneurysm in a Patient with Double Aortic Arch

“…The incidence of detecting asymptomatic unruptured aneurysms is recently increasing with remarkable developments in neuroimaging techniques. [ 2 3 ] Endovascular treatment with lower mortality and high long-term occlusion rate has emerged as a valid alternative to surgical clipping in elderly patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysms. [ 4 5 ] Stent-assisted coiling is an effective method for the treatment of wide-necked dissecting aneurysm.…”