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The aneurysm was not amenable to clip reconstruction due to the dysplastic PICA segment and lack of a discernable neck. Institutional Review Board approval and patient consent were sought. With patient in three-quarter-prone position, a right far lateral craniotomy was performed. A left-to-right p3-p3 PICA bypass was completed. The aneurysm was clipped along with proximal PICA at its takeoff from vertebral artery. Indocyanine green videoangiography revealed complete occlusion of aneurysm and proximal PICA and a patent anastomosis with distal right PICA flow. Postoperatively, patient recovered with no new neurological deficits.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    \u2003Dolichoectatic posterior circulation aneurysms are not readily amenable to clip reconstruction. PICA\u2013PICA in situ bypass is an elegant alternative to existing extracranial\u2013intracranial revascularization constructs (occipital artery to PICA).\n                    <jats:sup>1<\/jats:sup>\n                    There is lower neurological morbidity associated with IC-IC bypass vs PICA reimplantation due to the deep surgical corridor and its proximity to lower cranial nerves. Additionally, in this patient endovascular occlusion posed a higher risk of thrombotic complications and postprocedural cerebellar edema with brainstem compression.\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/ons\/opy201","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,8,7]],"date-time":"2018-08-07T07:53:53Z","timestamp":1533628433000},"page":"E119-E120","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Far Lateral Craniotomy for Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery\u2013Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Bypass and Trapping of Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Aneurysm: 3-Dimensional Operative Video"],"prefix":"10.1227","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Sirin","family":"Gandhi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Justin","family":"Mascitelli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Douglas","family":"Hardesty","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael T","family":"Lawton","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,4]]},"reference":[{"issue":"5","key":"bib1-20240910","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1275","DOI":"10.3171\/2015.5.JNS15368","article-title":"Intracranial-to-intracranial bypass for posterior inferior cerebellar artery aneurysms: options, technical challenges, and results in 35 patients","volume":"124","author":"Abla","year":"2016","journal-title":"J Neurosurg"},{"key":"bib2-20240910","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"644","DOI":"10.1016\/j.wneu.2016.11.094","article-title":"Treatment strategy for isolated posterior inferior cerebellar artery dissection","volume":"98","author":"Chung","year":"2017","journal-title":"World Neurosurg"}],"container-title":["Operative Neurosurgery"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/academic.oup.com\/ons\/article-pdf\/16\/4\/E119\/30212644\/opy201.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"syndication"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ovid.com\/01787389-201904000-00024","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,7]],"date-time":"2026-08-07T16:49:24Z","timestamp":1786121364000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ovid.com\/01787389-201904000-00024"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2018,8,7]]},"references-count":2,"journal-issue":{"issue":"4","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2019]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/ons\/opy201","relation":{},"ISSN":["2332-4252","2332-4260"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2332-4252","type":"print"},{"value":"2332-4260","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2018,8,7]]},"assertion":[{"value":"2017-12-18","name":"received","label":"Received","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2018-07-03","name":"accepted","label":"Accepted","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}}]}}