Noemi Cinti , Paul J. McKeegan , Peter J. Bazira , Aubrey Smith , Paul Maliakal , Mihai Danciut , Hamed Nejadhamzeeigilani
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Objective cICA tortuosity was present in 35.7% and 46.8% of SAH and control patients (OR 0.63 [95% CI 0.32–1.27]). OR values are suggestive of cICA tortuosity as a negative predictor of aneurysmal rupture, with more predictive power attributed to the subjective assessment, despite the limited statistical significance of the objective results.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>This study demonstrated an increased presence of cICA tortuosity in unruptured aneurysms compared to ruptured aneurysms, suggesting it is unlikely to represent a risk factor for rupture. 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Differences in internal carotid artery tortuosity in ruptured and unruptured anterior circulation aneurysms. A matched case-control study
Objective
Tortuosity of the internal carotid artery is believed to contribute to the formation of intracranial aneurysms, although there is scant literature on its role as a risk factor for rupture specifically. Therefore, this study investigated the influence of cervical internal carotid artery (cICA) tortuosity on rupture of aneurysms of the anterior cerebral circulation.
Methods
Angiographic imaging studies from patients who underwent endovascular embolisation for anterior circulation aneurysms at a tertiary centre were identified. 83 patients with a history of aneurysmal rupture and subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH group) were matched for age, aneurysm location and size, history of subarachnoid haemorrhage and hypertension to 83 subjects with unruptured aneurysms (control group). cICA tortuosity was assessed utilising subjective (kinks, loops or coils) and objective (tortuosity index) parameters.
Results
Subjective cICA tortuosity was identified in 33.7% and 56.6% of patients in the SAH and control groups respectively (OR 0.39 [95% CI 0.21–0.75]). Objective cICA tortuosity was present in 35.7% and 46.8% of SAH and control patients (OR 0.63 [95% CI 0.32–1.27]). OR values are suggestive of cICA tortuosity as a negative predictor of aneurysmal rupture, with more predictive power attributed to the subjective assessment, despite the limited statistical significance of the objective results.
Conclusions
This study demonstrated an increased presence of cICA tortuosity in unruptured aneurysms compared to ruptured aneurysms, suggesting it is unlikely to represent a risk factor for rupture. Further research in the form of longitudinal observational studies of untreated aneurysms would aid in investigating cICA tortuosity as a protective factor.
期刊介绍:
Neurochirurgie publishes articles on treatment, teaching and research, neurosurgery training and the professional aspects of our discipline, and also the history and progress of neurosurgery. It focuses on pathologies of the head, spine and central and peripheral nervous systems and their vascularization. All aspects of the specialty are dealt with: trauma, tumor, degenerative disease, infection, vascular pathology, and radiosurgery, and pediatrics. Transversal studies are also welcome: neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neurology, neuropediatrics, psychiatry, neuropsychology, physical medicine and neurologic rehabilitation, neuro-anesthesia, neurologic intensive care, neuroradiology, functional exploration, neuropathology, neuro-ophthalmology, otoneurology, maxillofacial surgery, neuro-endocrinology and spine surgery. Technical and methodological aspects are also taken onboard: diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, methods for assessing results, epidemiology, surgical, interventional and radiological techniques, simulations and pathophysiological hypotheses, and educational tools. The editorial board may refuse submissions that fail to meet the journal''s aims and scope; such studies will not be peer-reviewed, and the editor in chief will promptly inform the corresponding author, so as not to delay submission to a more suitable journal.
With a view to attracting an international audience of both readers and writers, Neurochirurgie especially welcomes articles in English, and gives priority to original studies. Other kinds of article - reviews, case reports, technical notes and meta-analyses - are equally published.
Every year, a special edition is dedicated to the topic selected by the French Society of Neurosurgery for its annual report.