Efficacy and safety of flow diverters in retreatment of recurrent intracranial aneurysms-A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Treatment of recurrent intracranial aneurysms after their initial therapy has been a significant challenge in the field of neurointervention. Recently flow diverters stents are widely used for treating intracranial aneurysms. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we assessed the safety and efficacy of flow diverter in treating recurrent or recanalized intracranial aneurysms.

Methods

This meta-analysis is reported following the PRISMA 2020 guidelines. We conducted a systematic review of literature in the PubMed, Embase, Web of Sciences, and Scopus databases. Pooled prevalence and the corresponding 95% are calculated from extracted data using a random-effect model.

Results

The systematic literature search included 21 studies involving 411 p

SUBMITTER: Zarrintan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11559761 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature