Jul 8, 2021

When Two Is Better than One : The Buddy-wire Technique in Flow-diversion Procedures

Clinical neuroradiology
Tomas Dobrocky, Hubert Lee, Patrick Nicholson, Ronit Agid, Jeremy Lynch, Saravana Kumar Swaminathan, Timo Krings, Ivan Radovanovic, Vitor Mendes Pereira
CONCLUSION: The buddy-wire is a useful technique in FD procedures to prevent herniation of the microcatheter into the aneurysm sack, in wide-necked aneurysms to mitigate the ledge effect between the aneurysm neck and the parent artery where the microcatheter tip may get stuck, or to enable re-entry into a foreshortened FD.