Two Cases of Intracranial Aneurysm Treated with Coil Embolization Using the T-stenting Technique

• Published in: Journal of Neuroendovascular Therapy 2016, Vol.10(3), pp.152-159
• Main Authors: Kuribara, Tomoyoshi, Haraguchi, Koichi, Saga, Takehiro, Shimizu, Tadakazu, Matsuura, Nobuki, Ogane, Kazumi, Itou, Takeo
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: cerebral aneurysm; coil embolization; nonoverlapping Y-configuration stenting technique; T-stenting technique
• ISSN: 1882-4072; 2186-2494
• DOI: 10.5797/jnet.cr.2015-0010

Objective: We report two cases of unruptured intracranial aneurysms treated with the coil embolization using T-stenting technique.Case Presentations: Case 1 was a 49-year-old woman with wide-neck basilar tip aneurysm (10.8 mm × 9.8 mm × 8.9 mm) riding on the origin of the bilateral posterior cerebral arteries. Case 2 was an 84-year-old woman with left internal carotid artery-posterior communicating artery aneurysm (16.8 mm × 13.5 mm × 12.6 mm) and the ipsilateral posterior communicating artery (Pcom) was branched from the dome of the aneurysm. Both cases were treated with coil embolization using the T-stenting technique without any neurological deficits.Conclusion: Although the T-stenting technique is accompanied by a difficulty on the occasion of stent placement in comparison with the Y-stenting technique, such a technique has a potential benefit to reduce the risk of thrombotic complications.