Table 1.
Studies included in meta-analysis
| Author | Title | Journal | Year | Study design | No. of patients | Aneurysms treated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byrne, J.V. et al. [5] | Early experience in the treatment of intracranial aneurysms by endovascular flow diversion: a multicenter prospective study | PLoS ONE | 2010 | Prospective | 20 | 20 |
| Kulcsar, Z. et al. [9] | High-profile flow diverter (silk) implantation in the basilar artery: efficacy in the treatment of aneurysms and the role of the perforators | Stroke | 2010 | Retrospective | 12 | 12 |
| Chalouhi, N. et al. [3] | Treatment of posterior circulation aneurysms with the pipeline embolization device | Neurosurgery | 2013 | retrospective | 7 | 7 |
| Siddiqui, A.H. et al. [12] | Panacea or problem: flow diverters in the treatment of symptomatic large or giant fusiform vertebrobasilar aneurysms | Neurosurgery | 2012 | Prospective | 7 | 7 |
| Toth, G. et al. [14] | Posterior circulation flow diversion: a single-center experience and literature review | Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery | 2015 | Retrospective | 6 | 7 |
| Meckel, S. et al. [7] | Endovascular treatment of complex aneurysms at the vertebrobasilar junction with flow-diverting stents: initial experience | Neurosurgery | 2013 | Retrospective | 7 | 7 |
| Toma, A.K. et al. [6] | Early single centre experience of flow diverting stents for the treatment of cerebral aneurysms | British Journal of Neurosurgery | 2013 | Prospective | 17 | 17 |
| Monteith, S.J. et al. [8] | Endovascular treatment of fusiform cerebral aneurysms with the pipeline embolization device | Neurosurgery | 2014 | Retrospective | 7 | 7 |
| Phillips, T.J. et al. [2] | Safety of the pipeline embolization device in treatment of posterior circulation aneurysms | American Journal of Neuroradiology | 2012 | Prospective | 32 | 32 |
| Munich, S.A., et al. [13] | The pipeline embolization device for the treatment of posterior circulation fusiform aneurysms: lessons learned at a single institution | Neurosurgery | 2014 | retrospective | 12 | 12 |
| McAuliffe, W. et al. [10] | Immediate and midterm results following treatment of recently ruptured intracranial aneurysms with the pipeline embolization device | American Journal of Neuroradiology | 2012 | Prospective | 6 | 6 |
| De Vries, J. et al. [11] | New generation of Flow Diverter (surpass) for unruptured intracranial aneurysms: a prospective single-center study in 37 patients | Stroke | 2013 | Prospective | 5 | 5 |
| Kallmes, D.F. et al. [1] | International retrospective study of the pipeline embolization device: a multicenter aneurysm treatment study | American Journal of Neuroradiology | 2015 | Retrospective | 55 | 59 |
| Wakhloo, A.K. et al. [15] | Surpass flow diverter in the treatment of intracranial aneurysms: a prospective multicenter study | American Journal of Neuroradiology | 2015 | Prospective | 27 | 27 |