Chi Huang, Gengwu Ma, Xin Tong, Xin Feng, Zhuohua Wen, Mengshi Huang, Anqi Xu, Hao Yuan, HongYu Shi, Jiancheng Lin, Can Li, Runze Ge, Jiwan Huang, Chao Peng, Yajun Zhu, Tao Wang, Changren Huang, Zongduo Guo, Shuyin Liang, Shixing Su, Xin Zhang, Xifeng Li, Aihua Liu, Chuan-Zhi Duan
BACKGROUND: Flow diverter devices (FDs) are increasingly used for treating unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIAs), but limited studies compared different FDs. OBJECTIVE: To conduct a propensity score matched analysis comparing the Pipeline embolization device (PED) and Tubridge embolization device (TED) for UIAs. METHODS: Patients with UIAs treated with either PED or TED between July 2016 and July 2022 were included. Propensity score matching was performed to adjust for age, sex, comorbidities, smoking, drinking, aneurysm size, morphology, neck, location, parent artery diameter, adjunctive coiling, and angiographic follow-up duration...
May 6, 2024: Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery