Extended intracranial applications for ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer (Onyx): mycotic and dissecting aneurysms. Technical note

J Neurosurg. 2009 Jul;111(1):114-8. doi: 10.3171/2009.1.JNS08845.

Abstract

The authors describe the off-label use of Onyx for embolization of fusiform mycotic and dissecting intracranial aneurysms based on their experience with 3 patients treated at the University of Utah Hospital from 2006 through 2007. Technical success in occluding the parent artery/aneurysm was achieved in all patients. There were no complications. The authors conclude that Onyx can be used to achieve occlusion of fusiform mycotic and dissecting intracranial aneurysms in conjunction with parent artery occlusion.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Technical Report

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Dissection / therapy*
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Corpus Callosum / blood supply
  • Dimethyl Sulfoxide*
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / methods*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / therapy*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Polyvinyls*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Onyx copolymer
  • Polyvinyls
  • Dimethyl Sulfoxide