Table 2.
Clinical data and demographics of patients included in the literature review.
| Author | No. of cases | Sex | Age | Site | SAH cases | Months for DSA follow-up | Occlusion rate | Flow diverter used | No. of devices | Number of procedures | Direction of deployment | Complications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morales-Valero 20141 | 2 | NI | NI | ICA term. | 1 | 12 and 36 | NI | Pipeline | 1 and 3 | One had two procedures; the other had one | MCA-ICA | One had non-disabling stroke one week after the first treatment |
| Lin 20185 | 7 | NI | NI | 5 A1 seg.2 ICA term. | 0 | Average 15 | 6 Class IV1 dead | Pipeline | 1 | All had one | ACA-ICA | One major stroke and retroperitoneal haematoma leading to deathOne minor stroke |
| Pujari 20186 | 10 | 6F | 46.9 | ICA term. | 1 | Median 7.5 | 3 Class IV4 class III1 Class II1 Class 01 FD thrombosed | Pipeline | Eight had one, one had two and one had three | All had one | MCA-ICA | One had a groin pseudo-aneurysm and FD thrombosisOne had distal SAH |
| Trivelato 20177 | 1 | F | 64 | ICA term. | 0 | Not spec. | Not spec. | Pipeline | 1 | 1 | Horizontal ACA-ACA | None |
| Van Rooij 20108 | 1 | F | 68 | Prox A1 | 0 | Not spec. | Not spec. | Pipeline | 2 | 1 | ACA-ICA | Ganglionic infarctionTransient RT hemiparesisPersistent cognitive and memory dysfunction |
| Akgul 20169 | 3 | 2F, 1M | 55, 58, 49 | 3 ICAb2 A ch. | – | 3 | Karman 4 in two aneurysms | Derivo | 1 | 1 | Not spec. | One mortality, aneurysm rupture after six months |
| Mattingly 201310 | 1 | F | 42 | Prox A1 | – | 3 | Karman 1 | PED | 1 | 1 | ICA/MCA | – |
| Lubicz 201011 | 4 | 3F, 1M | 50, 29, 50, 60 | 2 ICA b3 A ch. | – | 3–6 | Karman 4 in one aneurysm | Silk | 1 | 1 | Not spec. | – |
| Briganti 201512 | 2 | F | 67, 68 | Ach, ICAB | – | Not spec. | – | P64 | 1 | 1 | Not spec. | – |
| Mahmoud 2020 (present study) | 7 | 4F | 49 | 6 A1 seg. 3 ICA term. | 1 | Five at six months, one at 13 months | 6 Class IVOne had no follow-up | 6 Pipeline1 Surpass | One had two, six had one | 1 | Six had MCA-ICA stentsOne had an ACA-ICA stent | None |
F: female; M: male; term.: termination; Ach: anterior choroidal artery; Prox: proximal; Spec.: specified.