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Management of refractory bacterial meningitis–associated cerebral vasospasm: illustrative case

Sofya Norman, Jon Rosenberg, Sri Hari Sundararajan, Ali Al Balushi, Srikanth Reddy Boddu, and Judy H. Ch’ang

BACKGROUND

Cerebral vasospasm is an alarming complication of acute bacterial meningitis with potentially devastating consequences. It is essential for providers to recognize and treat it appropriately. Unfortunately, there is no well-established approach to the management of postinfectious vasospasm, which makes it especially challenging to treat these patients. More research is needed to address this gap in care.

OBSERVATIONS

Here, the authors describe a patient with postmeningitis vasospasm that was refractory to induced hypertension, steroids, and verapamil. He eventually responded to a combination of intravenous (IV) and intra-arterial (IA) milrinone followed by angioplasty.

LESSONS

To our knowledge, this is the first report of successfully using milrinone as vasodilator therapy in a patient with postbacterial meningitis-associated vasospasm. This case supports the use of this intervention. In future cases of vasospasm after bacterial meningitis, IV and IA milrinone should be trialed earlier with consideration of angioplasty.

InJournal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons Volume 5 (2023): Issue 7 (Feb 2023)

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Stent-assisted Woven EndoBridge device for the treatment of intracranial aneurysms: an international multicenter study

何塞·达尼洛Bengzon Diestro Mahmoud diba,尼姆Adeeb, Robert W. Regenhardt, Justin E. Vranic, Adrien Guenego, Sovann V. Lay, Leonardo Renieri, Ali Al Balushi, Eimad Shotar, Kévin Premat, Kareem El Namaani, Guillaume Saliou, Markus A. Möhlenbruch, Ivan Lylyk, Paul M. Foreman, Jay A. Vachhani, Vedran Župančić, Muhammad U. Hafeez, Caleb Rutledge, Hamid Rai, Vincent M. Tutino, Shervin Mirshahi, Sherief Ghozy, Pablo Harker, Naif M. Alotaibi, James D. Rabinov, Yifan Ren, Clemens M. Schirmer, Oded Goren, Mariangela Piano, Anna L. Kühn, Caterina Michelozzi, Stéphanie Elens, Robert M. Starke, Ameer E. Hassan, Arsalaan Salehani, Anh Nguyen, Jesse Jones, Marios Psychogios, Julian Spears, Thomas Marotta, Vitor Pereira, Carmen Parra-Fariñas, Maria Bres-Bullrich, Michael Mayich, Mohamed M. Salem, Jan-Karl Burkhardt, Brian T. Jankowitz, Ricardo A. Domingo, Thien Huynh, Rabih Tawk, Christian Ulfert, Boris Lubicz, Pietro Panni, Ajit S. Puri, Guglielmo Pero, Christoph J. Griessenauer, Hamed Asadi, Adnan Siddiqui, Andrew F. Ducruet, Felipe C. Albuquerque, Nirav Patel, Peter Kan, Vladimir Kalousek, Pedro Lylyk, Srikanth Boddu, Christopher J. Stapleton, Jared Knopman, Pascal Jabbour, Stavropoula Tjoumakaris, Frédéric Clarençon, Nicola Limbucci, Mohammad A. Aziz-Sultan, Hugo H. Cuellar-Saenz, Christophe Cognard, Aman B. Patel, and Adam A. Dmytriw

OBJECTIVE

The Woven EndoBridge (WEB) device is an intrasaccular flow disruptor designed for wide-necked bifurcation aneurysms. These aneurysms may require the use of a concomitant stent. The objective of this study was to determine the clinical and radiological outcomes of patients undergoing stent-assisted WEB treatment. In addition, the authors also sought to determine the predictors of a concomitant stent in aneurysms treated with the WEB device.

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本研究的数据来自the WorldWideWEB Consortium, an international multicenter cohort including patients treated with the WEB device. Aneurysms were classified into two groups based on treatment: stent-assisted WEB and WEB device alone. The authors compared clinical and radiological outcomes of both groups. Univariable and multivariable binary logistic regression analyses were performed to determine factors that predispose to stent use.

RESULTS

The study included 691 intracranial aneurysms (31 with stents and 660 without stents) treated with the WEB device. The adequate occlusion status did not differ between the two groups at the latest follow-up (83.3% vs 85.6%, p = 0.915). Patients who underwent stenting had more thromboembolic (32.3% vs 6.5%, p < 0.001) and procedural (16.1% vs 3.0%, p < 0.001) complications. Aneurysms treated with a concomitant stent had wider necks, greater heights, and lower dome-to-neck ratios. Increasing neck size was the only significant predictor for stent use.

CONCLUSIONS

This study demonstrates that there is no difference in the degree of aneurysm occlusion between the two groups; however, complications were more frequent in the stent group. In addition, a wider aneurysm neck predisposes to stent assistance in WEB-treated aneurysms.

InJournal of Neurosurgery Publish Before Print

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