Interventional

Deconstructive and Reconstructive Techniques in Treatment of Vertebrobasilar Dissecting Aneurysms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Editor’s Choice Editor’s Comment Seventeen studies with 478 patients were included in this analysis, evaluating immediate occlusion, long-term occlusion, long-term good neurologic outcome, perioperative morbidity, perioperative mortality, rebleed (ruptured only), recurrence, and retreatment. Endovascular treatment of vertebrobasilar dissecting aneurysms showed

Conscious Sedation versus General Anesthesia during Endovascular Acute Ischemic Stroke Treatment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Fellows’ Journal Club March 2015 (3 of 3) Nine studies encompassing nearly 2000 patients treated with or without anesthesia for acute stroke were analyzed. Patients with acute ischemic stroke undergoing intra-arterial therapy may have worse outcomes with general anesthesia compared

Efficacy of Skull Plain Films in Follow-up Evaluation of Cerebral Aneurysms Treated with Detachable Coils: Quantitative Assessment of Coil Mass

Fellows’ Journal Club February 2015 (2 of 3) Coil mass appearances were compared between initial postembolization and follow-up skull radiographs. Changes in the largest diameter of the coil mass generally indicated aneurysm recurrence, especially in the patients with high packing

Mechanical Embolectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke in the Anterior Cerebral Circulation: The Gothenburg Experience during 2000–2011

Editor’s Choice October 2014 (1 of 3) Safety and efficacy of intra-arterial treatment using the AmplatzGooseNeck device in acute anterior circulation strokes were assessed in 156 patients. High recanalization rates were obtained with the AmplatzGooseNeck snare without any device-related complications.