| Postoperative Cerebral Blood Flow Evaluation by Stable Xenon Computed Tomography in Patients with a Ruptured Intracranial Aneurysm. |
| Soo Deog Heo, Moo Seong Kim, Yong Tae Jung, Soo Chun Kim, Jae Hong Sim |
| Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Inje University, Paik Hospital, Pusan, Korea. |
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| ABSTRACT |
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In cerebrovascular disease, the measurement of cerebral blood flow(CBF) is an important indicator of a patient's clinical status, treatment and prognosis. The main advantage of Stable Xenon CT is that it noninvasively provides three-dimensional, high resolution, quantitative local cerebral blood flow information coupled to anatomic exposition. Using this modality, we measured postoperative CBF in 50 patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage from a ruptured intracranial aneurysm.
The results were as follows : 1) There was a negative relationship between age and CBF.
2) Among postoperative disability patients, global and regional CBF were markedly diminished.
3) CBF on the ipsilateral side of a craniotomy site was markedly lower than on the contralateral side.
Xenon CT is a very useful method for the evaluation of postoperative CBF in intracranial aneurysm patients. |
| Key Words:
Stable xenon CT; CBF; Intracranial aneurysm patient; Disability group; Craniotomy site |
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