TY - JOUR
T1 - Triple-Balloon Shunt Placement for Carotid Endarterectomy
T2 - A Novel Intraluminal Shunt Designed to Preserve the Internal and External Carotid Blood Flow
AU - Hitotsumatsu, Tsutomu
AU - Nishimura, Ataru
AU - Ido, Keisuke
AU - Ishido, Katsuya
AU - Ito, Osamu
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Objective To report a newly developed intraluminal triple-balloon shunt designed to preserve the blood flow of both the internal carotid artery (ICA) and the external carotid artery (ECA) during carotid endarterectomy in patients with a previous ipsilateral extracranial-intracranial bypass, in whom hemodynamic cerebral ischemia might be caused by cross-clamping at the ICA as well as the ECA. Methods The novel device consists of 3 silicone tubes equipped with balloons at each end. The design facilitates insertion proximally to the common carotid artery and distally to both the ICA and the ECA. Results The new shunt tube was used in 3 patients, each of whom had previously undergone ipsilateral superficial temporal artery-middle cerebral artery bypass for proximal middle cerebral artery occlusion. The blood flow of the middle cerebral artery and anterior cerebral artery was supplied independently from the ECA via the bypass and from the ICA, respectively. There were no shunt-related complications. Conclusions This novel shunt device can be used safely and effectively in cases requiring preservation of the blood supply to both the ICA and the ECA during carotid endarterectomy.
AB - Objective To report a newly developed intraluminal triple-balloon shunt designed to preserve the blood flow of both the internal carotid artery (ICA) and the external carotid artery (ECA) during carotid endarterectomy in patients with a previous ipsilateral extracranial-intracranial bypass, in whom hemodynamic cerebral ischemia might be caused by cross-clamping at the ICA as well as the ECA. Methods The novel device consists of 3 silicone tubes equipped with balloons at each end. The design facilitates insertion proximally to the common carotid artery and distally to both the ICA and the ECA. Results The new shunt tube was used in 3 patients, each of whom had previously undergone ipsilateral superficial temporal artery-middle cerebral artery bypass for proximal middle cerebral artery occlusion. The blood flow of the middle cerebral artery and anterior cerebral artery was supplied independently from the ECA via the bypass and from the ICA, respectively. There were no shunt-related complications. Conclusions This novel shunt device can be used safely and effectively in cases requiring preservation of the blood supply to both the ICA and the ECA during carotid endarterectomy.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.wneu.2014.01.020
DO - 10.1016/j.wneu.2014.01.020
M3 - Article
C2 - 24549016
AN - SCOPUS:84951277351
VL - 82
SP - 239.e5-239.e8
JO - World Neurosurgery
JF - World Neurosurgery
SN - 1878-8750
IS - 1-2
ER -