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. 2015 Jan;36(1):98–107. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A4078

Table 2:

FD implantation, technical complications, primary safety end point, and other major adverse events at a median 6-month clinical follow-up (range 1–38 months)

FD implantation
    Attempted treatment (patients/aneurysms) 165/190
    FD implantation at target site (patients/aneurysms) 161 (97.5%)/186 (98%)
    Average No. of devices used per patient 1.2
    Average No. of devices used per aneurysm 1.05
    Average procedure length (min) 79.8
Technical complications
    Incorrect placement with partial aneurysm coverage 4 (2.1%)
    Guidewire perforation 5 (3.1%)
    Intraoperative thrombus formation (asymptomatic/symptomatic) 6 (3.7%)/0
    Vasospasm 6 (3.7%)
Serious adverse events
    Any death during the follow-up 7 (4.3%)
    Patients available for follow-up 150 (93.2%)
    Patients lost to or refusing follow-up 11 (6.8%)
    Primary end point (any stroke and neurologic death) 18 (12%)
    Permanent morbidity 9 (6.0%)
    Procedure-related mortality 4 (2.7%)