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. 2011 Feb;32(2):276–282. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A2281

Table 5:

Literature review of series reporting recovery rates after endovascular treatment of aneurysms causing ophthalmoplegia

Study Patients Location Time to Treatment (mean) Complete Recovery Incomplete Recovery No Improvement
Birchall et al (1999)7 3 PcomA 2.3 days 3 (100%) 0 0
Mavilio et al (2000)14 6 PcomA 2 days to 6 mo (range) 6 (100%) 0 0
Kazekawa et al (2003)13 12 PcomA-2/Cav-6/Car.ophth-2 13.7 mo 5 (42%) 4 (33%) 3 (25%)
Kim et al (2003)9 7 PcomA-2/Cav-3/Basilar-2 11 mo 2 (29%) 3 (42%) 2 (29%)a
Stiebel-Kalish et al (2003)17 11 PcomA 9 days 0 11 (100%) 0
Chen et al (2006)18 6 PcomA 5.5 days 4 (33%) 2 (67%) 0
Ahn et al (2006)21 10 PcomA Unknown 6 (60%) 3 (30%) 1 (10%)
Mansour et al (2007)15 11 PcomA-6/Cav-5 10 weeks 7 (64%) 4 (36%)b
Hanse et al (2008)16 21 PcomA 1 to >14 days (range) 8 (38.1%) 11 (52.4%) 2 (9.5%)
Kassis et al (2010)20 20 PcomA 71 days 7 (35%) 12 (60%) 1 (5%)
Santillan et al (2010)19 11 PcomA ≤7 days 7 (64%) 2 (18%) 2 (18%)
Current study 30 PcomA-10/Cav-11/Post.circ-5/paraophth-4 48 days 15 (50%) 12 (40%) 3 (10%)
a

No improvement or worsening.

b

Incomplete recovery or no improvement.