Table 3.
Summary of previous studies involving SAC or SWS in blood blister-like aneurysms, previously described in the literature and our series.
| Authors & year |
No. of patients |
Procedure | FU duration | Clinical outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiorella et al., 2006 |
2 | single stent / multiple SWS | 9.8 mos (1-24 mos) | good recovery |
| Lee et al., 2009 |
6 | 1 SAC + covered stent 5 SAC + SWS |
11 mos (4-26 mos) | good recovery (GOS 5) |
| Gaughen et al., 2010 |
6 | 3 SWS + SAC / 3 SWS | 20 days-12 mos | 5 (mRS1), 1 (mRS 3) |
| Meckel et al., 2011 |
12 | 11 SAC / 1 SWS | 12 mos (5-27 mos) | 12 (mRS 0-2) |
| Our cases | 7 | 4 SAC + SWS 2 SAC / 1 SWS |
7.7 mos (3 -13 mos) | 5 (mRS 0-1), 1 (mRS 4), 1 (mRS 6), |
| SAC, stent-assisted coil embolization; SWS, stent-within-a-stent; GOS, Glasgow Outcome Scale; mRS, modified Rankin Scale | ||||