Author/Authors :
Duman Enes نويسنده Department of Interventional Radiology, Konya Research Center, Baskent University Medical Faculty, Konya, Turkey , Yildirim Erkan نويسنده Department of Interventional Radiology, Konya Research Center, Baskent University Medical Faculty, Konya, Turkey , Ozdemir Adnan نويسنده Department of Radiology, Ardahan State Hospital, Ardahan, Turkey , Arslan Serdar نويسنده Department of Radiology Konya Training and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey , Aytekin Cuneyt نويسنده Department of Radiology, Medical School of Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey , Boyvat Fatih نويسنده Department of Radiology, Medical School of Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey
Abstract :
[Background]To present our findings obtained from the treatment of wide-necked intracranial aneurysms with flow diverter stents.[Patients and Methods]Intracranial aneurysms were determined in 19 patients (14 females, 5 males; mean age, 56.6 years) between May 2011 and June 2014, and the patients were treated using flow diverter stents. A total of 28 flow diverter stents, including 9 Silk and 19 Pipeline stents were used. Occlusion rates evaluated with computed tomography at the end of month 6 and digital subtraction angiography after one year, intraoperative success, morbidity and mortality rates were determined.[Results]A total of 20 endovascular interventions, including two interventions in two different aneurysms in one patient were performed in 19 patients. Flow diverter stents were successfully implemented for wide-necked aneurysms at a success rate of 100%. Coil treatment had previously been performed in four patients. Aneurysm occlusion rates were 77.2% at month 6 and 90.9% at the end of month 12.[Conclusion]The use of flow diverter stents is a reliable and effective method in the treatment of wide-necked intracranial aneurysms with high aneurysm occlusion, and low morbidity and mortality rates.
