Chiaki Sakai, Nobuyuki Sakai, Ariel Takayanagi, Hirotoshi Imamura, Tsuyoshi Ohta, Masaomi Koyanagi, Masanori Goto, Ryu Fukumitsu, Tadashi Sunohara, Nobuyuki Fukui, Shirabe Matsumoto, Tomoaki Akiyama, Yuki Takano, Hironori Haruyama, Koichi Go, Shinji Kajiura, Masashi Shigeyasu, Kento Asakura, Ryo Horii, Yuji Naramoto, Rikuo Nishii, Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Kunimasa Teranishi, Satohiro Kawade, Taichiro Imahori, Naoki Kaneko, Satoshi Tateshima
OBJECTIVES: Flow diverter or stent implantation to intracranial target lesion requires large inner diameter microcatheter navigation. The exchange method using stiff long wire is often necessary if it is difficult to navigate over the regular guidewire. However, this method has an intrinsic risk of vessel damage and may cause severe complications. We investigated the safety and efficacy of a new device, the Stabilizer device for navigation in a first-in-human clinical trial under the Certified Review Board agreement...
March 2023: Heliyon