====== Posterior circulation intracranial aneurysm treatment ======


Many of the [[posterior circulation intracranial aneurysm]]s may best be approached through a [[retrosigmoid]]-[[suboccipital craniectomy]] with a [[far lateral]] [[transcondylar approach]] extension.

see [[Pipeline embolization device for posterior circulation aneurysm]]. 


====== Case reports ======

In a narrated video illustration, Caplan et al. present the case of a 37-year-old man with an incidentally discovered right-sided anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA) aneurysm. Diagnostic studies included CT angiography and cerebral angiography. A suboccipital craniectomy and far-lateral transcondylar extension were performed for microsurgical trapping and excision of the AICA aneurysm. The techniques of the retrosigmoid craniectomy, C-1 laminectomy, condylectomy and microsurgical trapping of the aneurysm are reviewed. The video can be found here: http://youtu.be/JiM3CXVwXnk
((Caplan JM, Jusue-Torres I, Kim JE, Luksik A, Liauw J, Gottschalk A, Tamargo
RJ. Far-lateral transcondylar approach for microsurgical trapping of an anterior 
inferior cerebellar artery aneurysm. Neurosurg Focus. 2015
Jul;39(VideoSuppl1):V6. PubMed PMID: 26132623.)).