Developing and testing endovascular devices for intracranial aneurysm treatment is still of great importance. Most aneurysm models used today miss either the important characteristics of an arterial degenerated wall or the hemodynamics of a true bifurcation. Therefore, we aimed to design a novel arterial pouch bifurcation model in rabbits.
Wanderer, S., Waltenspuel, C., Grüter, B. E., Strange, F., Sivanrupan, S., Remonda, L., Widmer, H. R., Casoni, D., Andereggen, L., Fandino, J., Marbacher, S. Arterial Pouch Microsurgical Bifurcation Aneurysm Model in the Rabbit. J. Vis. Exp. (159), e61157, doi:10.3791/61157 (2020).