Safety of the pipeline embolization device in treatment of posterior circulation aneurysms.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

The published results of treating internal carotid artery aneurysms with the PED do not necessarily apply to its use in the posterior circulation because disabling brain stem infarcts can be caused by occlusion of a single perforator. In this multicenter study, we assessed the safety of PED placement in the posterior circulation.

Materials and methods

A prospective case registry was maintained of all posterior circulation aneurysms treated with PEDs at 3 Australian neurointerventional centers during a 27-month period. The objective was to assess the complications and aneurysm occlusion rates associated with posterior circulation PEDs.

Results

Thirty-two posterior circulation aneurysms were treated in 32 patients. No deaths or poor neurologic out

SUBMITTER: Phillips TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7965498 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature