Optional or optimal? off-label stenting for intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT: BackgroundIntracranial atherosclerotic stenosis is a major cause of ischemic stroke. In addition to the Wingspan stent system, several self-expanding stents have been used off-label to treat intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis lesions. The purpose of this review is to assess the existing data on the off-label use of self-expanding stents in intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis, to highlight methodological limitations in current study designs, and thus providing strategies and precautions for clinical practice.MethodsThe PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library databases were systematically searched for relevant articles published up to April 2022. In addition to the meta analysis of Enterprise, Neuroform EZ and closed cell stent respectively, we used a narrative synthesis to summarize a

SUBMITTER: Zhao Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12280261 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature