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North American multicenter experience with the Flow Redirection Endoluminal Device in the treatment of intracranial aneurysms
CONCLUSIONS: As the first large-scale North American multicenter FRED experience, this study confirmed the ease of successful FRED deployment but suggested lower efficacy and a higher rate of complications than reported by previous European and South American studies on FRED and other flow-diverting devices. The authors recommend judicious use of this device until future studies can better elucidate the long-term outcomes of FRED treatment.PMID:36087324 | DOI:10.3171/2022.7.JNS221371
Source: Journal of Neurosurgery - September 10, 2022 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: MirHojjat Khorasanizadeh Max Shutran Clemens M Schirmer Mohamed M Salem Andrew J Ringer Ramesh Grandhi Alim P Mitha Michael R Levitt Brian T Jankowitz Philipp Taussky Ajith J Thomas Justin M Moore Christopher S Ogilvy Source Type: research

Comparative study of on-label versus off-label treatment of intracranial aneurysms with the Pipeline embolization device
CONCLUSIONS: In real-world practice, off-label use of PED is common and can achieve similar efficacy as on-label use. However, in aggregate, off-label use was found to carry an increased rate of ischemic complications. With judicious attention to safety and individual patient characteristics, these results highlight the scale and general feasibility of off-label PED use by experts.PMID:35090133 | DOI:10.3171/2021.11.JNS212481
Source: Journal of Neurosurgery - January 28, 2022 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Samuel J Cler David C Lauzier Arindam R Chatterjee Joshua W Osbun Christopher J Moran Akash P Kansagra Source Type: research

Predictors of 30-day hospital readmission after mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke.
CONCLUSIONS: The study data demonstrate that hypertension, length of hospital stay, and hemorrhagic conversion were predictors of 30-day hospital readmission in stroke patients after mechanical thrombectomy. Infection was the most common cause of 30-day readmission, followed by cardiac and cerebrovascular diagnoses. These results therefore may serve to identify patients within the stroke population who require increased surveillance following discharge to reduce complications and unplanned readmissions. PMID: 32357335 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Neurosurgery - April 30, 2020 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Mouchtouris N, Al Saiegh F, Valcarcel B, Andrews CE, Fitchett E, Nauheim D, Moskal D, Herial N, Jabbour P, Tjoumakaris SI, Sharan AD, Rosenwasser RH, Gooch MR Tags: J Neurosurg Source Type: research