Review Article

Endovascular Treatment of Venous Sinus Stenosis in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: Complications, Neurological Outcomes, and Radiographic Results

Table 1

Characteristics of patients and cases involved in stenting for IIH.

Author/yearNumber of patientsNumber of stentsAgeFemale genderBMI (Kg/m2)CSF opening pressure (cm H20)Mean prestent pressure gradient (mmHG)Mean poststent pressure gradient (mmHG)Mean gradient change (mmHG)

Higgins et al. 2002 [4]11301/130.13518315
Owler et al. 2003 [5]4427
(17–38)
3/430 (23–48)29 (22–35)19 (12–25)0.3 (0-1)18.7
Higgins et al. 2003 [6]121433 (19–52)12/1236.9 (29–45)33.7 (25–36)18.9 (8–37)11.3 (2–23)7.6
Ogungbo et al. 2003 [7]1137 1/126.1>4025NRNR
Rajpal et al. 2005 [8]11150/126.93725NRNR
Donnet et al. 2008 [9]101141
(28–60)
8/1027.3 (22–37)40.2 (29–59)19.1 (12–34)NRNR
Paquet et al. 2008 [10]11601/1NR3015NRNR
Arac et al. 2009 [11]11511/1293113211
Bussière et al. 2010 [12]101334 (16–65)10/1035.9 (27–47)NR28.3 (11–50)11.3 (2–23)17
Zheng et al. 2010 [13]11341/126.14022.56.516
Ahmed et al. 2011 [14]526034 (10–64)47/52>30 in 4732.9 (25–73)19.1 (4–41)0.6 (0–14)18.5
Albuquerque et al. 2011 [15]153032.3 (15–51)12/15NRNRNRNRNR
Kumpe et al. 2012 [16]181937.9 (16–62)12/1831.6 (22.6–38)39.6 (25–55)21.4 (4–39)2.6 (0–7)18.8
Teleb et al. 2012 [17]11221/1284826026
Radvany et al. 2013 [18]121239 (21–55)11/1232.6 (27.3–45.7)39.4 (29–55)12.4 (5–28)1.3 (0–4)11.1
Fields et al. 2013 [19]151534 (20–56)15/1539 (30–73)NR24 (13–40)4 (0–9)20
Ducruet et al. 2014 [20]303633 (14–52)25/30NRNRNRNR21.4 (10–56)
CharacteristicsNumber of patientsNumber of stentsMean age (95% CI)Female gender  
(%; 95% CI)
BMI  
(95% CI)
CSF opening pressure (95% CI)Mean prestent pressure gradient (95% CI)Mean poststent pressure gradient (95% CI)Mean gradient  
(95% CI)
Summary18522134.6 (34.0–35.1)161 (87.0; 0.86–0.89)33.4 (32.6–34.3)35.7 (34.8–36.2)20.1 (19.4–20.7)4.4 (3.5–5.2)17.7 (17.1–18.3)

Not reported in 1 patient.
Not reported in 11 patients.