Creation of Two Saccular Elastase-Digested Aneurysms with Different Hemodynamics in One Rabbit.

Boillat, Gwendoline; Franssen, Tim; Grüter, Basil; Wanderer, Stefan; Catalano, Kristina; Casoni, Daniela; Andereggen, Lukas; Marbacher, Serge (2021). Creation of Two Saccular Elastase-Digested Aneurysms with Different Hemodynamics in One Rabbit. Journal of visualized experiments(170) MYJoVE Corporation 10.3791/62518

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Preclinical animal models with hemodynamic, morphologic, and histologic characteristics close to human intracranial aneurysms play a key role in the understanding of the pathophysiological processes and the development and testing of new therapeutic strategies. This study aims to describe a new rabbit aneurysm model that allows the creation of two elastase-digested saccular aneurysms with different hemodynamic conditions within the same animal. Five female New Zealand white rabbits with a mean weight of 4.0 (± 0.3) kg and mean age of 25 (±5) weeks underwent microsurgical stump and bifurcation aneurysm creation. One aneurysm (stump) was created by right common carotid artery (CCA) exposure at its origin at the brachiocephalic trunk. A temporary clip was applied at the CCA origin and another, 2 cm above. This segment was treated with a local injection of 100 U of elastase for 20 min. A second aneurysm (bifurcation) was created by suturing an elastase-treated arterial pouch into the end-to-side anastomosis of the right CCA to left CCA. Patency was controlled by fluorescence angiography immediately after creation. The average duration of surgery was 221 min. The creation of two aneurysms in the same animal was successful in all rabbits without complication. All aneurysms were patent immediately after surgery except for one bifurcation aneurysm, which showed an extreme tissue reaction due to elastase incubation and an immediate intraluminal thrombosis. No mortality was observed during surgery and up to one-month follow-up. Morbidity was limited to a transient vestibular syndrome (one rabbit), which recovered spontaneously within one day. Demonstrated here for the first time is the feasibility of creating a two-aneurysm rabbit model with stump and bifurcation hemodynamic characteristics and highly degenerated wall conditions. This model allows the study of the natural course and potential treatment strategies on the basis of aneurysm biology under different flow conditions.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Further Contribution)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR)
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > Forschungsbereich Mu50 > Forschungsgruppe Neurochirurgie

UniBE Contributor:

Casoni, Daniela, Andereggen, Lukas

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1940-087X

Publisher:

MYJoVE Corporation

Language:

English

Submitter:

Marla Rittiner

Date Deposited:

24 Jan 2022 14:51

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 16:00

Publisher DOI:

10.3791/62518

PubMed ID:

33938900

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/163474

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/163474

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