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. 2016 Feb 19;9:87–99. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S60633

Table 5.

Long-term outcomes of the intervention to visual function and headache when follow-up >1 year

Procedures Number of studies Number of cases Follow-up (months) Clinical outcomes
Headache improvement (range) Visual acuity improvement (range) Visual feld improvement (range) Papilledema improvement (range) Revision rate of procedure (range)
Optic nerve sheath fenestration 8 432 20 26% (13%–90%) 42% (17%–100%) 72% (48%–100%) 92% (79%–100%) 6.5% (5%–21%)
CSF diversion 7 209 39 55% (21%–92%) 56% (40%–93%) 77% (64%–100%) 70% (56%–87%) 44% (8%–85%)
Cerebral sinus endovascular stent 9 174 23 77% (58%–100%) 89% (69%–100%) 79% (77%–79%) 93% (50%–100%) NA

Abbreviations: CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; NA, not applicable.