Review Article

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

Table 2

Complications following stenting for IIH.

Author/yearNumber of patientsNumber of stentingsComplicationsComplication rateComplications requiring additional procedure

Higgins et al. 2002 [4]1100%N/A
Owler et al. 2003 [5]4400%N/A
Higgins et al. 2003 [6]121400%N/A
Ogungbo et al. 2003 [7]1100%N/A
Rajpal et al. 2005 [8]1100%N/A
Donnet et al. 2008 [9]101100%N/A
Paquet et al. 2008 [10]1100%N/A
Arac et al. 2009 [11]1100%N/A
Bussière et al. 2010 [12]101300%N/A
Zheng et al. 2010 [13]1100%N/A
Ahmed et al. 2011 [14]52602 major (SDH); 2 minor (transient hearing loss)7.7%2 (1 SDH, 1 SDH/ICH/SAH both requiring emergent craniotomy)
Albuquerque et al. 2011 [15]15301 minor RPH not requiring transfusion3.3%0
Kumpe et al. 2012 [16]18191 major (SAH/SDH); 2 minor (UTI and syncope)16.7%1 (SAH/SDH hematoma requiring EVD)
Teleb et al. 2012 [17]1100%N/A
Radvany et al. 2013 [18]121200%N/A
Fields et al. 2013 [19]15151 minor (femoral pseudoaneurysm)6.7%0 (femoral pseudoaneurysm resolved compression)
Ducruet et al. 2014 [20]30361 minor (femoral pseudoaneurysm2.81 (femoral pseudoaneurysm requiring femoral artery stent)
CharacteristicsNumber of patientsNumber of stentsComplicationsComplication rate % (95% CI)Complications requiring additional procedure (%; 95% CI)
Summary18522110 5.4% (4.7–6.1)4 (2.1%; 1.8–2.4%)

SAH: subarachnoid hemorrhage.
SDH: subdural hemorrhage.
ICH: intracerebral hemorrhage.
RPH: retroperitoneal hematoma.