The Sutureless Excimer Laser Anastomosis Clip Pilot Study: a feasibility and safety study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The excimer laser-assisted non-occlusive anastomosis (ELANA) bypass technique may have the advantage of its non-occlusive design in the treatment of last-resort cases where endovascular treatment or direct clipping is considered to be unsafe. However, the technique remains technically challenging. Therefore, a sutureless ELANA Clip device (SEcl) was developed to simplify the technique avoiding tedious anastomosis stitching in depth. The present study investigates the clinical feasibility and safety of the SEcl technique.

Methods

Three patients with complex and large aneurysms in the anterior circulation were selected after multidisciplinary consensus that the aneurysms were too complex for endovascular or direct clipping treatment options. Bypass surgery was consi

SUBMITTER: van der Zwan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9233645 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature