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Application of self-expanding stents in the cerebrovascular intervention

Chen Ni-ka, Jiang Xiao-hong, Li Xun-jun, Lang Ying, Ma Guo-zhong, Liu Ya-zhen   

  1. Department of Neurology, Institute of Field Surgery, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University of Chinese PLA, Chongqing 400042, China
  • Received:2012-06-18 Revised:2012-08-27 Online:2013-01-15 Published:2013-01-15
  • Contact: Jiang Xiao-jiang, Doctor, Chief physician, Doctoral supervisor, Department of Neurology, Institute of Field Surgery, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400042, China jiangxiaojiang@hotmail.com
  • About author:Chen Ni-ka★, Studying for master’s degree, Attending physician, Department of Neurology, Institute of Field Surgery, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400042, China zinica@126.com

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: With the development of coronary vascular stents and peripheral vascular stent implantation technology, the coronary vascular stents and peripheral vascular stent technology, the self-expanding stent is becoming the key and hot product dedicated to the development by the domestic and international medical equipment manufacturers. As the brain vessel is quite tortuous and small, and the risk of placement is much higher than other parts, the development of self-expanding stent is very difficult.The primary task is the appropriate choice of biomedical materials, while, how to improve the security of cerebrovascular disease scaffold materials and reduce the complications is the main point and difficulty.
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the literatures on the application of different self-expanding stents in cerebrovascular intervention, and to compare the advantages of self-expanding stent implantation and traditional treatment methods of cerebrovascular diseases, as well as to analyze the security and complications.
METHODS: The literatures on the treatment of different cerebrovascular diseases with different self-expanding stents were collected. The physical properties, chemical properties and biocompatibility of various types of self-expanding stents were comparatively analyzed which were clinically used and in development. The disadvantages and advantages of different treatment methods were compared.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: There still lacks of a unified standard of endovascular treatment program. Each treatment method has their own advantages and disadvantages, the safety and efficacy of various treatment programs still require large-scale, prospective, randomized controlled trials to be confirmed. With the update and development of self-expanding stent materials, the application of self-expanding stent has become the important treatment method for cerebrovascular diseases.

Key words: biomaterials, biomaterial review, self-expanding stents, stent implantation, intracranial arterial diseases, intracranial aneurysms, carotid stenosis, nickel-titanium alloy, shape memory effect, complications, restenosis

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