Short-term curative effect of Pipeline embolization device on complex intracranial aneurysms
LIAO Yong-hong
WANG Gang
ZHANG Guo-zhong
LI Ming-zhou
ZHAO Qing-shun
WEN Yun-yu
QI Song-tao
FENG Wen-feng
Abstract：Objective To observe the short-term curative effect of Pipeline embolization device (PED) on complex intracranial aneurysms. Methods The clinical data of 16 patients with 19 complex intracranial aneurysms treated with PED in the Department of Neurosurgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University from 2015 to 2016 were analyzed retrospectively, including surgical modalities, complications, imaging findings and so on. Results Of 16 patients, 4 received the implantation of 2 PED each and 12 implantation of 1 PED each; 11 were treated with PED alone and 5 including 2 with serpentine aneurysms with PED combined with coils. The intraoperative angiography immediately after the impantation of PED showed that the contrast agents were obviously stranded in the aneurysm cavities and the parent arteries were free without stenosis in all the patients. DSA follow-up 3～12 months (mean, 7.1 months) after the operation showed that of 17 aneurysms in 14 patients, 12 were cured, 4 shrank and 1 was unchanged. Two patients with mild stenosis (≤30％ ) of the parent arteries had no clinical symptoms. Conclusion The treatment of complex intracranial aneurysms with PED is safe and effective, but its safety and effect requires further validation by treatment of more patients and longer term following-up.
Keywords：Complex intracranial aneurysmsPipeline embolization deviceCurative effectShort-term
Publication Date：2018-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 385-387 )