期刊
WORLD NEUROSURGERY
卷 161, 期 -, 页码 E126-E133出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.01.082
关键词
Coupler; Coupling device; End-to-end anastomosis; Intracranial-extracranial bypass; Stroke
资金
- Barrow Neurological Foundation
This study demonstrated the feasibility and efficacy of using a microvascular coupler for anastomosis in both animal models and patients in neurosurgery. The microvascular coupler was able to effectively improve blood flow and achieve bypass surgery, increasing the blood flow volume.
OBJECTIVE: Although several commercially available sutureless anastomotic techniques are available, they are not routinely used in neurosurgery. We performed an in vivo flow analysis of end-to-end anastomosis using a microvascular coupler device in rats. We report our first clinical use of the microvascular anastomotic coupler. METHODS: Bilateral rat common carotid arteries (CCAs) were exposed, and a microvascular coupler was used to perform 8 anastomoses. A microflow probe provided quantitative measurement of blood-flow volume. How augmentation was assessed with end-to-side anastomoses connecting the distal CCA to the jugular vein (JV). A patient with chronic dominant hemisphere atherosclerotic ischemic disease and progressive symptoms refractory to medical management underwent end-to-end cerebral artery bypass using the microvascular coupler. RESULTS: Mean preanastomosis flow in the rat CCA was 3.95 +/- 0.45 mL/min; this flow was maintained at 3.99 +/- 0.24 mL/min on final measurements 54-96 minutes postanastomosis. Total occlusion time for each rat CCA was 12-19 minutes. After end-to-side anastomosis, with proximal and distal JV patent, CCA flow increased 477% to 22.8 +/- 3.70 mL/min (P = 0.04, proximal; P = 0.01, distal). After in vivo testing, we successfully used the coupler clinically in a superficial temporal artery-to-middle cerebral artery bypass for dominant hemisphere flow augmentation. CONCLUSIONS: In vivo quantitative flow analysis demonstrated no flow difference between an unaltered artery and artery with end-to-end anastomosis using a microvascular coupler in rats. A 1-mm coupled anastomosis achieved a 4-fold flow increase with low-resistance venous outflow in rats, simulating increased arterial demand. The coupler was successfully used for extracranial-to-intracranial bypass in a patient.
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