Open AccessThe exchange-free technique: A novel technique for enhancing surpass flow diverter placement
Author(s) -
Osman Öcal,
Anıl Arat
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1793-5482
DOI - 10.4103/ajns.ajns_374_19
Subject(s) - medicine , flow diverter , aneurysm , occlusion , surgery , internal carotid artery , lumen (anatomy) , stent , catheter , radiology
Following flow diverter placement, approximately 20% of intracranial aneurysms remain as residual aneurysms at 1 year. Device malapposition is a cause of residual aneurysms after flow diversion. We present a new and straightforward technique (exchange-free technique [EFT]) to enhance apposition of the surpass flow diverter (SFD), the only over-the-wire flow diverter currently available.