Kathryn M Wagner, Visish M Srinivasan, Aditya Srivatsan, Michael G Z Ghali, Ajith J Thomas, Alejandro Enriquez-Marulanda, Abdulrahman Y Alturki, Christopher S Ogilvy, Maxim Mokin, Anna L Kuhn, Ajit Puri, Ramesh Grandhi, Stephen Chen, Jeremiah Johnson, Peter Kan
OBJECTIVE: With the increasing use of flow diversion as treatment for intracranial aneurysms, there is a concomitant increased vigilance in monitoring complications. The low porosity of flow diverters is concerning when the origins of vessels are covered, whether large circle of Willis branches or critical perforators. In this study, the authors report their experience with flow diverter coverage of the lenticulostriate vessels and evaluate their safety and outcomes. METHODS: The authors retrospectively reviewed 5 institutional databases of all flow diversion cases from August 2012 to June 2018...
January 11, 2019: Journal of Neurosurgery