{"title":"Correspondence on 'Neuroanatomy of the vertebrobasilar perforators: implications for aneurysm treatment' by Raz <i>et al</i>.","authors":"Xuefan Zeng, Yiwei Wang","doi":"10.1136/jnis-2024-022871","DOIUrl":"10.1136/jnis-2024-022871","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16411,"journal":{"name":"Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"e1"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142921976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correspondence on ''Prolonged intracranial catheter dwell time exacerbates penumbral stress and worsens stroke thrombectomy outcomes' by Alawieh <i>et al</i>.","authors":"Xuefan Zeng","doi":"10.1136/jnis-2024-022859","DOIUrl":"10.1136/jnis-2024-022859","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16411,"journal":{"name":"Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"e2"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142927147","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Quentin Bourgeois-Beauvais, Doriane Sellin, Isaure Arnaud, Celia Tuttle, Anne Landais, Annie Lannuzel, Aissatou Signate, Jerome Berge, Christina Iosif
{"title":"Initiation of mechanical thrombectomy in an insular setting with helicopter transfer: a 2-year experience from the first, complete, tertiary stroke center in the Caribbean.","authors":"Quentin Bourgeois-Beauvais, Doriane Sellin, Isaure Arnaud, Celia Tuttle, Anne Landais, Annie Lannuzel, Aissatou Signate, Jerome Berge, Christina Iosif","doi":"10.1136/jnis-2024-021703","DOIUrl":"10.1136/jnis-2024-021703","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>This is the first cohort study of patients treated with mechanical thrombectomy (MT) for acute ischemic stroke in the French West Indies, with a mothership center and helicopter transfer.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To describe the population and to evaluate imaging, clinical, and time metric outcomes, in order to assess the feasibility and adjust the territorial organization.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this observational study, we retrospectively analyzed our prospectively collected data of a population of consecutive patients treated with MT for anterior and posterior circulation large vessel occlusions. Primary outcome was 3-month functional independence (modified Rankin Scale score ≤2). Secondary outcomes included aerial and terrestrial times of arrival, in-hospital delays, demographics, imaging and clinical data at onset, discharge, and at 3 months. We compared the results of the mothership and drip-and-ship paradigms.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Between January 2020 and December 2021, 223 patients were included (74% mothership, 26% drip-and-ship). Mean National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score of the population was 16 before MT, with significant reduction (NIHSS score 6) at discharge (9 mothership, 12 drip-and-ship, P=0.025). There was significant difference in onset-to-operation room times among the two centers (335 min mothership, 500 min drip-and-ship, P=0.004). Successful recanalization (modified Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction score 2b-3) was 80.3%. Functional independence at 3 months was 35%, symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage was 11%, and the complication rate was 9.4%, all without statistically significant difference between the two groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The population has distinct risk factors. MT with helicopter transfer is feasible in the French West Indies. Reduction of prehospital and in-hospital times is mandatory; evaluation of the territorial strategy is underway, to avoid over-selection of transferred patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":16411,"journal":{"name":"Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"595-601"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141320944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhancing clinical practice: a critical appraisal of thoracic MRI prior to vertebral augmentation surgery in patients with lumbar vertebral fractures.","authors":"Xuefan Zeng, Xiya Wang, Yifei Gong","doi":"10.1136/jnis-2024-022806","DOIUrl":"10.1136/jnis-2024-022806","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16411,"journal":{"name":"Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"e7"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142755179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Novel insights into the pathophysiology of idiopathic intracranial hypertension: a commentary on brain volume and transverse sinus stenosis.","authors":"Xuefan Zeng, Yiwei Wang, Ling Liu","doi":"10.1136/jnis-2024-022817","DOIUrl":"10.1136/jnis-2024-022817","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16411,"journal":{"name":"Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"e8"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142791825","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aymen Kabir, Suraj Shah, Alexander F Haddad, Matthew R Amans, Daniel L Cooke, Steven W Hetts, Kazim H Narsinh, Luis Savastano, Ethan A Winkler, Daniel M S Raper
{"title":"Iatrogenic dural arteriovenous fistula formation as a rare complication of external ventricular drain placement: institutional review of 16 cases.","authors":"Aymen Kabir, Suraj Shah, Alexander F Haddad, Matthew R Amans, Daniel L Cooke, Steven W Hetts, Kazim H Narsinh, Luis Savastano, Ethan A Winkler, Daniel M S Raper","doi":"10.1136/jnis-2025-023529","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/jnis-2025-023529","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>External ventricular drain (EVD) placement is a life-saving neurosurgical procedure used to divert cerebrospinal fluid and reduce intracranial pressure in conditions such as subarachnoid hemorrhage, intraparenchymal hemorrhage, and intraventricular hemorrhage. While known complications include infection and hemorrhage, the formation of iatrogenic dural arteriovenous fistulas (dAVFs) following ventriculostomy is under-reported.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a retrospective review of patients at our institution from 2002 to 2023 who developed dAVFs after EVD placement. Inclusion criteria required angiographic confirmation of a new dAVF near the EVD site. Demographics, primary pathology, EVD characteristics, angiographic findings, treatment approach, and outcomes were recorded.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Sixteen patients met the inclusion criteria. Subarachnoid hemorrhage was the most common indication for EVD placement (75.0%). All drains were placed at Kocher's point, most commonly on the right (75.0%). All dAVFs involved the middle meningeal artery, with venous drainage documented in 93.8%-most frequently into the middle meningeal vein (80.0%). Eight patients (50.0%) underwent treatment, primarily with ethanol embolization (62.5%). All treated cases achieved radiographic cure without complications. Two patients experienced spontaneous resolution. Three patients were managed conservatively for low-risk fistulas and five were lost to follow-up.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study presents the largest institutional series to date of iatrogenic dAVFs following ventriculostomy. While rare, iatrogenic dAVFs have the potential for significant morbidity if they develop complications from venous hypertension and may require additional treatments. Our findings highlight the need for awareness of identifying and appropriately managing ventriculostomy-related dAVFs.</p>","PeriodicalId":16411,"journal":{"name":"Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144127820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniel Pielenz, Joachim Klisch, David Fiorella, Matthias Gawlitza, Andreas Steinbrecher, Elke Leinisch, Elmar Lobsien, Karl-Titus Hoffmann, Donald Lobsien
{"title":"The pEGASUS-HPC stent system for intracranial arterial stenosis: a single-center case series.","authors":"Daniel Pielenz, Joachim Klisch, David Fiorella, Matthias Gawlitza, Andreas Steinbrecher, Elke Leinisch, Elmar Lobsien, Karl-Titus Hoffmann, Donald Lobsien","doi":"10.1136/jnis-2024-021737","DOIUrl":"10.1136/jnis-2024-021737","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Intracranial arterial stenting is a technique for the treatment of symptomatic stenosis. In this single-center retrospective case series we evaluated a novel low profile laser-cut stent with an antithrombogenic hydrophilic polymer coating (pEGASUS-HPC, Phenox GmbH, Bochum, Germany) for the treatment of intracranial stenosis in the setting of acute ischemic stroke and elective cases.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>All patients treated with pEGASUS-HPC for one or more intracranial arterial stenoses at our institution were retrospectively included. Clinical, imaging and procedural parameters as well as clinical and imaging follow-up data were collected.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We performed 43 interventions in 41 patients with 42 stenoses in our neurovascular center between August 2021 and February 2024. Twenty-one patients (51.2%) were female and the mean±SD age was 71±10.8 years. Thirty-seven (86.1%) procedures were performed in the setting of endovascular acute ischemic stroke treatment. Technical or procedural complications occurred in seven patients (16.3%), six in the thrombectomy group and one in the elective group. One stent-related hemorrhagic complication (subarachnoid hemorrhage) occurred in emergency cases and symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage occurred in one patient treated in an elective setting. Overall stenosis reduction following pEGASUS-HPC stent implantation was 53.0±18.0%. On follow-up imaging, which was available for 16 patients (37.2%) after an average of 32±58.6 days, 62.5% of the stents were patent.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our single-center case series demonstrates the feasibility of using the pEGASUS-HPC stent system, especially in emergency situations when thrombectomy fails.</p>","PeriodicalId":16411,"journal":{"name":"Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"613-619"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140957547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Victoria Lambrou, Benjamin Gory, Bertrand Lapergue, Gaultier Marnat, Raoul Pop, Lionel Calviere, Mohammad Anadani, Raphael Blanc, Stephanos Nikolaos Finitsis
{"title":"Number of passes and outcome of endovascular treatment of anterior circulation large core ischemic stroke: insights from the Endovascular Treatment in Ischemic Stroke (ETIS) registry.","authors":"Victoria Lambrou, Benjamin Gory, Bertrand Lapergue, Gaultier Marnat, Raoul Pop, Lionel Calviere, Mohammad Anadani, Raphael Blanc, Stephanos Nikolaos Finitsis","doi":"10.1136/jnis-2024-021857","DOIUrl":"10.1136/jnis-2024-021857","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The effect of multiple attempts on the outcome of endovascular treatment (EVT) of anterior circulation large ischemic core (LIC) stroke has not been fully explored.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We analyzed data from the Endovascular Treatment in Ischemic Stroke (ETIS) registry, a prospective, observational, multicenter study of acute ischemic stroke patients treated with EVT at 21 centers in France between January 1, 2015 and June 31, 2023. We included patients with proximal intracranial occlusion and LIC defined as Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS) of 0-5 up to 24 hours after last being seen well. We divided patients according to the number of passes with successful reperfusion (modified Thrombolysis In Cerebral Infarction (mTICI) ≥2b) into seven groups, according to the corresponding number of passes. We compared them to the group of patients with unsuccessful reperfusion.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 1235 patients with LIC constituted the study cohort. The rate of a modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score of 0 to 3 at 90 days was significantly higher for the one-pass successful recanalization category compared to no recanalization (48.1% vs 17.2%; adjusted OR (aOR) 7.99, 95% CI 4.30 to 14.8, P<0.001) and remained so even after six or more attempts (27.7% vs 17.2%; aOR 3.59, 95% CI 1.37 to 9.39, P=0.009). The rate of symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage was lower for successful recanalization up to two passes (11.1% vs 18.8%; aOR 0.36, 95% CI 0.18 to 0.69, P=0.002) without any significant differences for a higher number of passes.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In anterior circulation LIC patients, successful reperfusion, even after six passes, is associated with favorable clinical outcomes with no increased hemorrhagic risk when compared to unsuccessful reperfusion.</p>","PeriodicalId":16411,"journal":{"name":"Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"574-579"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141179890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correspondence on 'Braids and beyond: a comprehensive study on pipeline device braid stability from PREMIER data' by Rodriguez-Erazú <i>et al</i>.","authors":"Xuefan Zeng, Yiwei Wang, Tangzhou Liao","doi":"10.1136/jnis-2024-022783","DOIUrl":"10.1136/jnis-2024-022783","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16411,"journal":{"name":"Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"e5"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142693086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}