In a Video technique demonstration / Case report Noda et al. from:
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Neuroradiologie Interventionelle, CHU Limoges, Limoges, France
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Neurosurgery, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, Shinagawa‑ku, Japan
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Radiology Department, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Fakulti Perubatan, Cheras, Malaysia
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Published inthe Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery
with the purpose to demonstrate feasibility and safety of using a large compliant balloon positioned in a cortical vein to support microcatheter navigation for transvenous embolization of a brain AVM They concluded that the large compliant Copernic RC balloon provided stable “buttress” support in a cortical draining vein, enabling safe and successful microcatheter cannulation during TVE in a challenging bAVM case, without complications 1).
This video-based single‑case technique report suffers from severe limitations: