CASE REPORT   

Journal of Radiological Review 2020 September-October;7(5):422-5

DOI: 10.23736/S2723-9284.20.00044-8

Copyright © 2020 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA

language: English, Italian

Three-dimensional printing in endovascular surgery: preoperative planning and simulation in a complex case of pericallosal aneurysm

Carmelo G. PUGLISI ¹, Gianluca GALVANO ², Antonio BIONDI ³, Francesco BASILE ³, Simona QUARTARARO ⁴, Antonio M. BORZÌ ³, Marco VACANTE ³ ✉, Antonio SCAVONE ¹

¹ Department of Radiodiagnostics, Garibaldi Hospital, Catania, Italy; ² Department of Interventional Neurosurgery, Garibaldi Hospital, Catania, Italy; ³ Department of General Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, University of Catania, Catania, Italy; ⁴ Endocrinologist, Private Practitioner, Catania, Italy

Aneurysms of pericallosal artery are rare conditions, which in some cases are difficult to treat surgically due to anatomical variations or distal location. Three-dimensional printing (3DP) is a new technological tool that allows to realize a physical model from medical imaging data, as generated for example by computed tomography. We report the case of a 68-year-old female with pericallosal aneurysm successfully treated with endovascular embolization, after the development of a 3DP vascular model. In our case, the 3DP model played a crucial role as regards the planning and simulation of the surgical procedure, thus facilitating the treatment of the aneurysm.

KEY WORDS: Three-dimensional printing; Endovascular procedures; Internal carotid artery; Aneurysm