Advances in Cerebral Aneurysm Surgery: The Latest Technologies and Techniques
A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Neurosurgery and Neuroanatomy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2026 | Viewed by 11
Special Issue Editor
Interests: aneurysm; spinal surgery; tumour surgery; vascular surgery; surgery for epilepsy; paediatric neurosurgery; radiosurgery; functional neurosurgery
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cerebral aneurysms are treated by reconstructive (i.e., surgical clipping, endosaccular coiling, stent-assisted coiling, flow-diversion) and deconstructive (i.e. parent artery occlusion with or without protective bypass surgery) techniques. To remain among a first-line treatment option, the therapeutic procedure of microneurosurgical aneurysm clipping requires permanent refinements, including technical advances in operation planning and simulation, improvements in intraoperative monitoring and imaging, microneurosurgical high-end wet-lab trainings, and the mastering of cerebral bypass surgery as a firstline treatment as well as a bail-out procedure. Hybrid neurovascular surgery in expert hands is a promising strategy and will enhance patient safety by merging surgical and endovascular techniques in one procedure. Aneurysm rupture analysis using fluid structure interactions in vivo, in vitro, and in virtual simulations will add to our understanding of which aneurysms require active surgical treatment. The scope of this Special Issue is therefore the discussion of current and future strategies to improve procedural safety, angiographic results, and clinical outcomes in patients suffering from both ruptured and unruptured cerebral aneurysms. We therefore call for papers on the microsurgical treatment of cerebral aneurysms, with a special focus on clinical research, preoperative planning and simulation, skills-lab training, and hybrid neurosurgical concepts.
Prof. Dr. Andreas Gruber
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- microsurgical aneurysm clipping
- preoperative simulation
- hybrid neurovascular surgery
- skills-lab training
- intraoperative monitoring and imaging
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