Use of Flow-Diverting Devices in Fusiform Vertebrobasilar Giant Aneurysms: A Report on Periprocedural Course and Long-Term Follow-Up

Abstract

Endovascular treatment of fusiform vertebrobasilar giant aneurysms with flow-diverting devices is feasible from a technical point of view; however, changes in hemodynamics with secondary thrombosis are not predictable. We currently do not intend to treat fusiform vertebrobasilar giant aneurysms with flow-diverting devices until we have further understanding of the pathophysiology, natural history, and hemodynamic effects of flow diversion.