Pressure cooker technique in cerebral AVMs and DAVFs: different treatment strategies.

Autor: Ierardi AM; Radiology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy. annamaria.ierardi@policlinico.mi.it., Hohenstatt S; Department of Neuroradiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany., Caranci F; Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Radiotherapy, Federico II University of Naples, Naples, Italy., Lanza C; Postgraduate School of Radiology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy., Carriero S; Postgraduate School of Radiology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy., Vollherbst DF; Department of Neuroradiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany., Möhlenbruch MA; Department of Neuroradiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany., Carrafiello G; Radiology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy., Paolucci A; Neuroradiology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: La Radiologia medica [Radiol Med] 2023 Mar; Vol. 128 (3), pp. 372-380. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Feb 17.
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-023-01605-w
Abstrakt: Background: The pressure cooker technique (PCT) was developed to enable safer and more extensive embolization of hypervascular lesions by simultaneously minimizing backflow of liquid embolic materials and thus reduce the risk of non-target embolization of adjacent healthy vessels. We report our experience in applying the PCT to cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) and dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVFs) and additionally suggest our technical adjustments.
Methods: We retrospectively reviewed all patients suffering from AVMs or DAVFs that were treated with the PCT between 2018 and 2020 in two university hospitals. The endpoints of the study were clinical safety and the technical efficacy. The endpoints of the study were clinical safety and the technical efficacy. Clinical safety was the absence of death, major or minor symptomatic stroke, TIA and procedure-related intracranial bleeding (SAH) in the peri-procedural period until dismission. Good clinical outcome was defined as no deterioration of the modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score (comparing the pre- and post-procedural mRS evaluated by a trained neurologist at admission and dismission). The technical efficacy was considered as the complete embolization occlusion of the target vessels of the lesion documented on the final control angiogram. Long-term follow-up evaluation was not intended for this study as it was not available for all patients.
Results: Fifteen consecutive patients (6 women; mean age 55 y; range 20-82 y) with seven AVMs and eight DAVFs met the inclusion criteria. The primary clinical safety end point was obtained in all cases as no intraprocedural complications were encountered. All patients had a good clinical outcome with no difference between the pre- and post-mRS scores. The primary efficacy end point was reached in all cases.
Conclusion: The PCT is a safe and effective technique in the treatment of cerebral AVMs and DAVFs. Adding an easy and fast step to the procedure, namely the injection of contrast media to test the complete obstruction by the plug, the risk of reflux seems to additionally be reduced.
(© 2023. Italian Society of Medical Radiology.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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