In neurosurgery, excimer laser-assisted non-occlusive anastomosis (ELANA) is a technique used to create a bypass without interrupting the patient's blood supply. The technique reduces the risk of stroke and aneurysm rupture.[1]
ELANA is similar to other cerebral bypass techniques, such as anastomosis. Both conventional and ELANA techniques require a donor vessel that is first attached to the artery. Once the donor vessel is attached, the artery is opened and blood flow is redirected. ELANA is differentiated from other techniques in how the artery is opened. In most conventional techniques, the flow of recipient artery is temporarily interrupted, typically via occlusion with clips, and is opened using surgical scissors or a scalpel. By contrast, ELANA uses a 308 nm excimer laser delivered through a catheter, which is inserted into the chosen blood vessel. This technique does not interrupt blood flow and thus reduces the risk that areas supplied by the targeted artery will become ischemic.[1] This makes the technique invaluable in neurosurgery, as brain cells are particularly sensitive to ischemia. It is often used in bypasses between major cerebral arteries, both extracranial to intracranial as well as intracranial to intracranial. The technique has also been used for cardiac surgery and has been made to be sutureless in both neuro and cardiac applications.[2][3][4]
ELANA was first developed in 1993.[5] It has since been widely discussed in medical literature as well as the general news media.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b Langer, David J.; Vajkoczy, Peter (August 2005). "ELANA: Excimer Laser-Assisted Nonocclusive Anastomosis for extracranial-to-intracranial and intracranial-to-intracranial bypass: a review". Skull Base. 15 (3): 191–205. doi:10.1055/s-2005-872048. ISSN 1531-5010. PMC 1214705. PMID 16175229.
- ^ Stecher, D. (March 1, 2021). "Preclinical Feasibility and Patency Analyses of a New Distal Coronary Connector: The ELANA Heart Bypass". Innovations. 16 (2): 163–168. doi:10.1177/1556984521991519. PMC 8108114. PMID 33682510.
- ^ de Boer, B.; van Doormaal, T. P. C.; van Thoor, S.; Gortzak, K.; van der Zwan, A. (February 18, 2020). "Technical Development of the Sutureless ELANA Clip Anastomosis Device". Journal of Medical Devices. 14 (2). doi:10.1115/1.4045801. ISSN 1932-6181. S2CID 213582188.
- ^ Stecher, David; Hoogewerf, Marieke; Bronkers, Glenn; van Putte, Bart P.; Doevendans, Pieter A.; Tulleken, Cornelis A.F.; van Herwerden, Lex; Pasterkamp, Gerard; Buijsrogge, Marc P. (March 7, 2021). "Preclinical Feasibility and Patency Analyses of a New Distal Coronary Connector: The ELANA Heart Bypass". Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. 16 (2): 163–168. doi:10.1177/1556984521991519. ISSN 1556-9845. PMC 8108114. PMID 33682510.
- ^ Tulleken, C.A.; Verdaasdonk, R.M.; Beck, R.J.; Mali, W.P. (November 1996). "The Modified Excimer Laser-Assisted High-Flow Bypass Operation". Surgical Neurology. 46 (5): 424–429. doi:10.1016/s0090-3019(96)00096-1. PMID 8874539.
- ^ Grady, Denise (December 19, 2006). "With Lasers and Daring, Doctors Race to Save a Young Man's Brain". New York Times. p. F1. Retrieved 11 November 2016.