Flow Diversion for Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysms: An International Cohort Study.
Jose Danilo Bengzon DiestroNimer AdeebMahmoud DibasWilliam BoisseauPablo HarkerBrinjikji WSishi XiangEvan JoyceMaksim ShapiroEytan RazCarmen Parra-FarinasGwynedd PickettNaif M AlotaibiRobert W RegenhardtJoshua D BernstockJulian SpearsChristoph J GriessenauerJan-Karl BurkhardtMuhammad U HafeezPeter T KanRamesh GrandhiPhilipp TausskyErez NossekTao HongHongqi ZhangLorenzo RinaldoGiuseppe LanzinoChristopher J StapletonJames D RabinovAman B PatelThomas R MarottaDaniel RoyAdam A DmytriwPublished in: Neurosurgery (2022)
Flow diverting stents may be a viable option for the endovascular treatment of complex bifurcation MCA aneurysms. However, compared to published series on the open surgical treatment of this subset of aneurysms, flow diversion has inferior outcomes and are associated with a higher rate of complications.