Artificial vascular models are emerging as a newly-inexpensive and accurate way to simulate a procedure before the treatment. Through utilization of precision three-dimensionally printed, silicone-reconstructed, patient-specific models of aneurysms, we can compare the performance of devices including stents, and accurately predict the behavior of the microcatheter and stent-assisted coiling in the aneurysm to not only reduce procedural time, but also make the procedure safer. Here we report two challenging cases of wide-necked aneurysms, which could be safely treated with stent-assisted coiling as simulated in the patient-specific aneurysm models.
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