Transverse Sinus Stenting Reverses Medically Refractory Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To characterise the ophthalmic indications for, and ophthalmic efficacy of, transverse sinus stenting in adults with medically refractory idiopathic intracranial hypertension.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study was undertaken on a single-author database of 226 successive patients with confirmed idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH). A total of 32 patients were identified who received a transverse sinus stent for medically refractory disease. This which was defined as visual threat and/or intolerance of maximal medical therapy. Patients with medically refractory disease proceeded to stenting, if found to have a significant transverse sinus stenosis gradient at catheter venography. Visual threat was quantified via the degree of papilledema on optical coherenc

SUBMITTER: Reid K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11182310 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature