Robotic-assisted intracranial aneurysm treatment: 1 year follow-up imaging and clinical outcomes

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Robotic-assisted intracranial aneurysm treatment: 1 year follow-up imaging and clinical outcomes

Nicole Mariantonia Cancelliere 1Jeremy Lynch 2Patrick Nicholson 2Tomas Dobrocky 2Saravana Kumar Swaminathan 2Eef Jacobus Hendriks 2Timo Krings 2 3Ivan Radovanovic 3Kaitlyn E Drake 4Raymond Turner 4 5John-Michael Sungur 4Vitor M Pereira 6

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J Neurointerv Sur doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2021-017865. Epub 2021 Dec 15.

Abstract

Background: The use of robotics in medicine may enable increased technical accuracy, reduced procedural time and radiation exposure, and remote completion of procedures. We have previously described the first-in-human, robotic-assisted cerebral aneurysm treatment using the CorPath GRX Robotic System. In this report we discuss our early experiences and outcomes using this robotic device for endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms using stent-assisted coil embolization and flow diversion.

Methods: The patient and disease characteristics, procedural details, and follow-up imaging and clinical outcomes of consecutive patients undergoing robotically-assisted intracranial aneurysm embolization between November 2019 and February 2020 are presented.

Results: Six patients underwent robotically-assisted embolization of intracranial aneurysms. Four of the patients were treated with a neck-bridging stent (with or without coiling) and two patients were treated with a flow-diverting stent. Two patients were treated in the subacute period of subarachnoid hemorrhage and four patients were treated electively. All of the procedures could be completed robotically and there was no need for unplanned manual intervention. The technical success rate of the procedures was 100%. There was no morbidity or mortality associated with the procedures. One year follow-up imaging showed that four aneurysms were completely obliterated (Raymond-Roy Occlusion Classification (RROC) class I) and the remaining two were occluded with a residual neck (RROC class II).

Conclusions: The Corpath GRX Robotic System demonstrated a precise control over the microcatheter, wire and stent during aneurysm treatment. Robotic neuro-procedures seem to be safe and effective and demonstrate stable occlusion results in the midterm follow-up.

Keywords: aneurysm; brain; coil; stent; technology.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: VMP is an unpaid member of the neuro-advisory board of Corindus. KD, JMS and RT work at Corindus (robotic company).

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