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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian J Neurosurg 2019; 14(04): 1058-1062
DOI: 10.4103/ajns.AJNS_119_18
Review Article

Flow diversion for the treatment of petrous internal carotid artery aneurysms

Michael Ghali
0   Department of Neurosurgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
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Mandy Binning
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
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Petrous internal carotid artery (ICA) aneurysms are rare and pose a unique management dilemma. They are most commonly fusiform. They are difficult to treat surgically and typically not amenable to selective aneurysmal obliteration. The advent of flow diverters, such as the Pipeline endovascular device, has offered a new approach to these historically challenging lesions. The unique utility of flow diversion in treatment of petrous ICA aneurysms is reviewed and discussed.

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Aneurysm - endovascular - flow diversion - internal carotid artery - petrous - pipeline

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09 September 2022

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