Initial Experience with the New Double-lumen Scepter Balloon Catheter for Treatment of Wide-necked Aneurysms
An 80-year-old woman was being admitted with a Hunt & Hess grade 2 SAH. A three-dimensional reconstruction of the angiogram showed a large aneurysm on the left MCA bifurcation and another very small aneurysm close to the bifurcation aneurysm neck at the superior branch (). After placement of the Scepter C balloon catheter from M1 to the inferior M2 division (), a balloon-assisted coil embolization of the large aneurysm was successfully completed. After repositioning the balloon catheter, a very small aneurysm at the superior division was also embolized. The final control angiogram revealed a complete occlusion of both aneurysms and well-preserved MCA superior and inferior divisions ().