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Demographic Data Values (No.) (%) Total no. of subjects 65 Female 51 (78%) Male 14 (22%) Average age (yr) 54 (range, 21–84) Unruptured aneurysms 66 (87%) Recanalized aneurysms 11 (13%) Aneurysm morphology Saccular 52 (68%) Fusiform or dissecting 25 (32%) Aneurysm location ICA extradural 33 (43%) ICA intradural 31 (40%) MCA 2 (2.5%) ACA 2 (2.5%) Vertebrobasilar 9 (12%) Asymptomatic subjects 26 (40%) Symptomatic subjects 39 (60%) Cavernous sinus 21 (32%) Midbrain 5 (8%) Optic nerve 11 (17%) Other 2 (3%) 77 Included Aneurysms <7 mm 7–12 mm 13–24 mm >24 mm Cavernous carotid 4 3 10 12 ICA/MCA/ACA 10 8 17 4 Vertebrobasilar 0 4 3 2 - Table 3:
Angiographic results and follow-up in 65 subjects with 77 aneurysms treated with FD Silk stents
6-Month FU 1-Year FU Angiographic Results Stenting failure 1 (1%) 1 (1%) Mortality 2 (4%) 2 (3%) Aneurysms unavailable for FU or FU pending 18 (32%) 4 (6%) Total 21 (37%) 7 (10%) Evaluated aneurysms 56 70 Residual aneurysm 11 (20%) 3 (4%) Residual neck 3 (5%) 4 (6%) Complete occlusion 38 (68%) 59 (84%) PAO 4 (7%) 4 (6%) - Table 4:
Relationships between aneurysm angiographic occlusion and aneurysm shrinkage visualized in an MR imaging or CT study at 1-year FU in 54 subjects with 66 aneurysms
Result Residual Aneurysm Residual Neck Complete Occlusion PAO Total Disappeared 17 (30%) 1 18 (27%) Decreased 2 3 29 (1)a (52%) 1 35 (1)a (53%) Unchanged 6 (3)a (11%) 1 7 (3)a (11%) Increased 1 (1)a 4 (3)a (7%) 1 (1)a 6 (5)a (9%) Total 2 (3%) 4 (1)a (6%) 56 (7)a (85%) 4 (1)a (6%) 66 (9)a (100%) -
↵a Aneurysms with coils added during the FD stenting procedure.
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