Commentary: Management of an Uncommon Complication: Anterior Choroidal Artery Occlusion by Posterior Clinoid Process Detected Through Intraoperative Monitoring After Clipping of Paraclinoid Aneurysm: 2-Dimensional Operative Video

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anas Abdallah ◽  
İrfan Çınar
Keyword(s):  
Intraoperative Monitoring ◽  
Artery Occlusion ◽  
Anterior Choroidal Artery ◽  
Paraclinoid Aneurysm ◽  
Posterior Clinoid Process ◽  
Anterior Choroidal ◽  
Choroidal Artery ◽  
Uncommon Complication

Management of an Uncommon Complication: Anterior Choroidal Artery Occlusion by Posterior Clinoid Process Detected Through Intraoperative Monitoring After Clipping of Paraclinoid Aneurysm: 2-Dimensional Operative Video

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Marani ◽  
Francisco Mannará ◽  
Kosumo Noda ◽  
Tomomasa Kondo ◽  
Nakao Ota ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intraoperative Monitoring ◽  
Motor Evoked Potential ◽  
Japanese Woman ◽  
Motor Deficits ◽  
Anterior Choroidal Artery ◽  
Diffusion Weighted Images ◽  
Ct Angiogram ◽  
Paraclinoid Aneurysms ◽  
Anterior Choroidal ◽  
Choroidal Artery

Abstract Despite technological advances in endovascular therapy, surgical clipping of paraclinoid aneurysms remains an indispensable treatment option and has an acceptable profile risk. Intraoperative monitoring of motor and somatosensory evoked potentials has proven to be an effective tool in predicting and preventing postoperative motor deficits during aneurysm clipping.1,2 We describe the case of a 61-yr-old Japanese woman with a history of hypertension and smoking. During follow-up for bilateral aneurysms of ophthalmic segment of the internal carotid artery (ICA), left-sided aneurysm growth was detected. A standard pterional approach with extradural clinoidectomy was used to approach the aneurysm. After clipping, a significant intraprocedural change in motor evoked potential (MEP) amplitude was observed despite native vessel patency was confirmed through micro-Doppler and indocyanine green video angiography.3-5 After extensive dissection of the sylvian fissure and exposure of the communicating segment of ICA, the anterior choroidal artery was found to be compressed and occluded by the posterior clinoid because of an inadvertent shift of the ICA after clip application and removal of brain retractors. Posterior clinoidectomy was performed intradurally with microrongeur and MEP amplitude returned readily to baseline values. Computed tomography (CT) angiogram demonstrated complete exclusion of the aneurysm, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was negative for postoperative ischemic lesions on diffusion weighted images. The patient tolerated the procedure well and was discharged home on postoperative day 3 with modified Rankin Scale (mRS) 0. The patient signed the Institutional Consent Form to undergo the surgical procedure and to allow the use of her images and videos for any type of medical publications.

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