Flow diverters failing to occlude experimental bifurcation or curved sidewall aneurysms: an in vivo study in canines

Abstract

Flow diverters may succeed in treating straight sidewall aneurysms, but the same device repeatedly fails to occlude curved sidewall and end-wall bifurcation aneurysms. In vivo studies can be designed to test basic principles that, once validated, may serve to guide clinical use of new devices.