Background Flow diverters (FDs) are increasingly used in the treatment of intracranial aneurysms, and carry the risk of thromboembolic complications, even in patients treated with dual antiplatelet ...

Correspondence to Dr Santiago Ortega-Gutierrez, Neuroloy, Neurosurgery and Radiology, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA; santy-ortega{at}uiowa.edu Background There is ...

Background It is thought that aneurysms evolve as the result of progressive degradation of the wall in response to abnormal hemodynamics characterized by either high or low wall shear stress (WSS).

Correspondence to Dr Robert M Starke, Neurological Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA; RStarke{at}med.miami.edu Background Currently, there are no large-scale ...

Correspondence to Dr Aditya Durgam, Department of Radiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA; adurgam{at}gmail.com Objective In view of recent literature suggesting that ...

1 Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, NRW, Germany 2 Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Essen, Essen, NRW, Germany 3 Department of ...

Introduction Non-saccular aneurysms of the posterior circulation are uncommon but highly dangerous lesions. Flow diverter stents have been demonstrated to be effective treatments of various anterior ...

Rush University Medical Center, Department of Neurological Surgery, Chicago, Illinois, USA Correspondence to Dr D K Lopes, Rush University Medical Center, Department of Neurological Surgery, 1725 W ...

Correspondence to Dr Lukas Goertz, Center for Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne 50937, Germany; lukas.goertz{at}uk-koeln.de Background The Derivo Embolization Device (DED) is a ...

Background While dual antiplatelet therapy (dAPT) is standard of care following carotid artery stenting (CAS), the optimal dAPT regimen and duration has not been established. Methods We canvassed a ...

Background Vascular remodeling in response to implantation of a tissue engineering scaffold such as a flow diverter (FD) leads to the cure of intracranial aneurysms. We hypothesize that the vascular ...

Objectives To describe a new technique to obtain minimally invasive but efficient vertebral body (VB) reconstruction, augmentation, and stabilization in severe osteoporotic and neoplastic fractures, ...