TY - JOUR
T1 - The Woven EndoBridge (WEB) device
T2 - feasibility, techniques, and outcomes after FDA approval
AU - Mouchtouris, Nikolaos
AU - Hasan, David
AU - Samaniego, Edgar A.
AU - Al Saiegh, Fadi
AU - Sweid, Ahmad
AU - Abbas, Rawad
AU - El Naamani, Kareem
AU - Tahir, Rizwan
AU - Zanaty, Mario
AU - Khanna, Omaditya
AU - Chalouhi, Nohra
AU - Tjoumakaris, Stavropoula
AU - Gooch, M. Reid
AU - Rosenwasser, Robert
AU - Jabbour, Pascal
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© AANS 2022, except where prohibited by US copyright law
PY - 2022/5
Y1 - 2022/5
N2 - OBJECTIVE Wide-neck bifurcation cerebral aneurysms have historically required either clip ligation or stent- or balloon-assisted coil embolization. This predicament led to the development of the Woven EndoBridge (WEB) aneurysm embolization system, a self-expanding mesh device that achieves intrasaccular flow disruption and does not require antithrombotic medications. The authors report their operative experience and 6-month follow-up occlusion outcomes with the first 115 aneurysms they treated via WEB embolization. METHODS The authors reviewed the first 115 cerebral aneurysms they treated by WEB embolization after FDA approval of the WEB embolization device (from February 2019 to January 2021). Data were collected on patient demographics and clinical presentation, aneurysm characteristics, procedural details, postembolization angiographic contrast stasis, and functional outcomes. RESULTS A total of 110 patients and 115 aneurysms were included in our study (34 ruptured and 81 unruptured aneurysms). WEB embolization was successful in 106 (92.2%) aneurysms, with a complication occurring in 6 (5.5%) patients. Contrast clearance was seen in the arterial phase in 14 (12.2%) aneurysms, in the capillary phase in 16 (13.9%), in the venous phase in 63 (54.8%), and no contrast was seen in 13 (11.3%) of the aneurysms studied. Follow-up angiography was performed on 60 (52.6%) of the aneurysms, with complete occlusion in 38 (63.3%), neck remnant in 14 (23.3%), and aneurysmal remnant in 8 (13.3%). Six (5.5%) patients required re-treatment for persistent aneurysmal residual on followup angiography. CONCLUSIONS The WEB device has been successfully used for the treatment of both unruptured and ruptured wide-neck bifurcation aneurysms by achieving intrasaccular flow diversion. Here, the authors have shared their experience with its unique technical considerations and device size selection, as well as critically reviewed complications and aneurysm occlusion rates.
AB - OBJECTIVE Wide-neck bifurcation cerebral aneurysms have historically required either clip ligation or stent- or balloon-assisted coil embolization. This predicament led to the development of the Woven EndoBridge (WEB) aneurysm embolization system, a self-expanding mesh device that achieves intrasaccular flow disruption and does not require antithrombotic medications. The authors report their operative experience and 6-month follow-up occlusion outcomes with the first 115 aneurysms they treated via WEB embolization. METHODS The authors reviewed the first 115 cerebral aneurysms they treated by WEB embolization after FDA approval of the WEB embolization device (from February 2019 to January 2021). Data were collected on patient demographics and clinical presentation, aneurysm characteristics, procedural details, postembolization angiographic contrast stasis, and functional outcomes. RESULTS A total of 110 patients and 115 aneurysms were included in our study (34 ruptured and 81 unruptured aneurysms). WEB embolization was successful in 106 (92.2%) aneurysms, with a complication occurring in 6 (5.5%) patients. Contrast clearance was seen in the arterial phase in 14 (12.2%) aneurysms, in the capillary phase in 16 (13.9%), in the venous phase in 63 (54.8%), and no contrast was seen in 13 (11.3%) of the aneurysms studied. Follow-up angiography was performed on 60 (52.6%) of the aneurysms, with complete occlusion in 38 (63.3%), neck remnant in 14 (23.3%), and aneurysmal remnant in 8 (13.3%). Six (5.5%) patients required re-treatment for persistent aneurysmal residual on followup angiography. CONCLUSIONS The WEB device has been successfully used for the treatment of both unruptured and ruptured wide-neck bifurcation aneurysms by achieving intrasaccular flow diversion. Here, the authors have shared their experience with its unique technical considerations and device size selection, as well as critically reviewed complications and aneurysm occlusion rates.
KW - aneurysm
KW - endovascular embolization
KW - endovascular neurosurgery
KW - vascular disorders
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U2 - 10.3171/2021.5.JNS21889
DO - 10.3171/2021.5.JNS21889
M3 - Article
C2 - 34624864
AN - SCOPUS:85129622979
SN - 0022-3085
VL - 136
SP - 1266
EP - 1272
JO - Journal of neurosurgery
JF - Journal of neurosurgery
IS - 5
ER -