Trial reportAJNR. American journal of neuroradiology2013
Reconstructive endovascular treatment of fusiform and dissecting basilar trunk aneurysms with flow diverters, stents, and coils.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 78 citations in OpenAlex.
- Management strategies and outcomes of basilar trunk aneurysms: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Treatment strategies and outcomes for intracranial fusiform aneurysms: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Neurosurgical review · 2024Pooled it
- Endovascular Treatment of Very Large and Giant Intracranial Aneurysms: Comparison between Reconstructive and Deconstructive Techniques-A Meta-Analysis.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2018Pooled it
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- Endovascular Treatment of Nonsaccular Posterior Circulation Aneurysms: A Comparative Meta-analysis of Flow Diversion versus Stent-Assisted Coiling.Journal of neurological surgery reports · 2026Article
- Endovascular treatment for basilar trunk artery aneurysm in the flow diverter era: a consecutive series and review of literature.Chinese neurosurgical journal · 2026Article
- Dissecting and partially thrombosed basilar artery aneurysm simultaneously treated with 2 different types of endovascular stents.Radiology case reports · 2026Article
- Treatment pitfalls in recurrent dolichoectatic basilar trunk aneurysm with flow diversion: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2025Article
- Open surgical treatment of basilar artery aneurysms in the interventional therapy era.Acta neurochirurgica · 2024Article
- Reconstructive endovascular treatment for basilar artery trunk aneurysms: complications and clinical and angiography outcomes.Journal of neurointerventional surgery · 2023Article
- The optimal management of ruptured basilar artery dissecting aneurysms: a case series and scoping review.Neurosurgical review · 2022Article
- Recovery from Cranial Nerve Symptoms after Flow Diversion without Coiling for Unruptured Very Large and Giant ICA Aneurysms.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2022Article
- Reconstructive Endovascular Treatment of Basilar Trunk and Vertebrobasilar Junction Aneurysms: A Review of 77 Consecutive Cases.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Endovascular Management of Cerebral Aneurysms of the Posterior Cerebral Artery.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Article
- Endovascular Therapy for Basilar Arterial Trunk Aneurysms.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Article
- Intracranial Fusiform and Circumferential Aneurysms of the Main Trunk: Therapeutic Dilemmas and Prospects.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Review
- Basilar trunk artery aneurysm presenting with brainstem stroke.Radiology case reports · 2020Article
- Superficial temporal artery-superior cerebellar artery bypass and proximal occlusion through anterior petrosal approach for subarachnoid hemorrhage due to basilar artery dissection.Surgical neurology international · 2020Article
- Pipeline Embolization Device With Adjunctive Coils for the Treatment of Unruptured Large or Giant Vertebrobasilar Aneurysms: A Single-Center Experience.Frontiers in neurology · 2020Article
- The Fate of Unruptured Intracranial Vertebrobasilar Dissecting Aneurysm with Brain Stem Compression According to Different Treatment Modalities.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2019Article
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Abstract
background and purposePatients with fusiform basilar trunk aneurysms have a poor prognosis. Reconstructive endovascular therapy is possible with modern devices. We describe the clinical presentation, radiologic features, and clinical outcome of 13 patients with fusiform basilar trunk aneurysms treated with flow diverters, stents, and coils. MATERIALS AND
methodsOf the 13 patients, 7 were men and 6 were women with a mean age of 59.7 years. Clinical presentation was SAH in 3 patients, mass effect on the brain stem in 4 patients, vertebral artery dissection in 1 patient, and the aneurysm was an incidental finding in 5 patients. Mean aneurysm size was 21 mm. All except 1 were large or giant aneurysms. Nine aneurysms were partially thrombosed.
resultsStents were used in all 13 patients, in 2 patients with additional flow diverters and in 11 patients with additional coils. In 4 patients, 1 vertebral artery was subsequently occluded with coils to decrease flow into the aneurysm. Of 13 patients, 9 had a good outcome with adequate aneurysm occlusion and stable size on follow-up of 6-72 months. One of 3 patients who presented with SAH died of a rebleed 1 month later. One other patient died soon after treatment of in-stent thrombosis, and another patient became mute after treatment. In 2 of 3 patients who presented with symptoms of mass effect, there was improvement at a follow-up of 6-24 months.
conclusionsReconstructive endovascular therapy of fusiform and dissecting basilar trunk aneurysms is feasible but carries substantial risks. The safety and effectiveness in relation to natural history has not yet been elucidated.
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