Open AccessDual-center study comparing transradial and transfemoral approaches for flow diversion treatment of intracranial aneurysms
Author(s) -
Priyank Khandelwal,
Neil Majmundar,
Gustavo Rodríguez,
Pratit Patel,
Vincent Dodson,
Amit Singla,
Rakesh Khatri,
Vikas Gupta,
Faheem Sheriff,
Anantha Vellipuram,
Salvador CruzFlores,
Alberto Maud
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
brain circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2455-4626
pISSN - 2394-8108
DOI - 10.4103/bc.bc_38_20
Subject(s) - medicine , demographics , flow diverter , aneurysm , surgery , stent , retrospective cohort study , radiology , single center , demography , sociology
The transfemoral approach (TFA) has been the traditional approach for neurointerventional cases. While the TFA allows for triaxial support in flow diverting stent cases, it is associated with access site complications. Recently, the transradial approach (TRA) has emerged as a safer alternative to the TFA. To the best of our knowledge, there have only been single-center studies comparing outcomes in flow diverter cases for these approaches. We demonstrate the safety and feasibility of the TRA for placement of flow diverting stents in the treatment of unruptured intracranial aneurysms at two high-volume centers.