Long-term outcome of endovascular stenting for symptomatic basilar artery stenosis

Neurology. 2005 Mar 22;64(6):1055-7. doi: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000154600.13460.7B.

Abstract

Eighteen patients underwent stenting for symptomatic basilar artery stenosis. There were three major periprocedural complications (16.7%) without fatality. At a mean 26.7 +/- 12.1-month follow-up, 15 patients (83.3%) had an excellent long-term outcome. Only one patient (5.6%) had moderate disability from recurrent stroke, and two patients died of medical illness at 30 and 36 months after stenting. In this uncontrolled study, stenting appeared to be effective in reducing stroke risk and death and worthy of further scrupulous trial.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Basilar Artery / physiopathology
  • Basilar Artery / surgery*
  • Brain Stem Infarctions / etiology
  • Brain Stem Infarctions / prevention & control
  • Brain Stem Infarctions / surgery*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neurosurgical Procedures / adverse effects
  • Neurosurgical Procedures / instrumentation*
  • Neurosurgical Procedures / methods
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology
  • Postoperative Complications / pathology
  • Postoperative Complications / physiopathology
  • Stents / adverse effects
  • Stents / statistics & numerical data*
  • Survival Rate
  • Time
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vascular Surgical Procedures / adverse effects
  • Vascular Surgical Procedures / instrumentation*
  • Vascular Surgical Procedures / methods
  • Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / mortality
  • Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / physiopathology
  • Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / surgery*