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01-04-2013 | Interventional Neuroradiology

Neuroform stent-assisted treatment of intracranial aneurysms: long-term follow-up study of aneurysm recurrence and in-stent stenosis rates

Authors: Zsolt Kulcsár, Sophia L. Göricke, Elke R. Gizewski, Marc Schlamann, Ulrich Sure, I. Erol Sandalcioglu, Susanne Ladd, Petra Mummel, Oliver Kastrup, Michael Forsting, Isabel Wanke

Published in: Neuroradiology | Issue 4/2013

Abstract

Introduction

Our purpose was to analyze the long-term evolution of wide neck cerebral aneurysms treated with stent assistance.

Methods

Data of consecutive patients treated with the Neuroform stent over 9 years were retrospectively analyzed with emphasis on periprocedural complications, aneurysm occlusion grade evolution, and in-stent stenosis rates.

Results

Altogether, 113 patients with 117 unruptured and ruptured aneurysms were subject of analysis. Mean aneurysm size was 9.4 mm, and mean neck size was 4.7 mm. Procedural thromboembolic and hemorrhagic complications affected eight (6.8 %) and four cases (3.4 %), respectively. Immediate complete occlusion and occlusion with residual neck was achieved in 85 % of cases, which at the first follow-up of 6 months, changed to 77 and 76 % at 36 months. Aneurysms ≥10 mm showed a higher tendency of recurrence. During the overall follow-up time ranging from 1 to 9 years, an in-stent stenosis of ≥50 % was observed only in three cases, all of them being asymptomatic.

Conclusions

Stent-assisted coiling of wide neck aneurysms provided stable occlusion over the long-term follow-up, with very low and silent in-stent stenosis rates. Some incompletely occluded aneurysms showed a tendency of progressive occlusion; however, this was counterbalanced by the regrowth of others.

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Title: Neuroform stent-assisted treatment of intracranial aneurysms: long-term follow-up study of aneurysm recurrence and in-stent stenosis rates
Authors: Zsolt Kulcsár
Sophia L. Göricke
Elke R. Gizewski
Marc Schlamann
Ulrich Sure
I. Erol Sandalcioglu
Susanne Ladd
Petra Mummel
Oliver Kastrup
Michael Forsting
Isabel Wanke
Publication date: 01-04-2013
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Neuroradiology / Issue 4/2013
Print ISSN: 0028-3940
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1920
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00234-013-1143-z

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Neuroform stent-assisted treatment of intracranial aneurysms: long-term follow-up study of aneurysm recurrence and in-stent stenosis rates

Abstract

Introduction

Methods

Results

Conclusions

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Introduction

Methods

Results

Conclusions

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