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/year | Number of patients | Number of stentings | Complications | Complication rate | Complications requiring additional procedure |
| Higgins et al. 2002 [4] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | N/A | Owler et al. 2003 [5] | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0% | N/A | Higgins et al. 2003 [6] | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0% | N/A | Ogungbo et al. 2003 [7] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | N/A | Rajpal et al. 2005 [8] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | N/A | Donnet et al. 2008 [9] | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0% | N/A | Paquet et al. 2008 [10] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | N/A | Arac et al. 2009 [11] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | N/A | Bussière et al. 2010 [12] | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0% | N/A | Zheng et al. 2010 [13] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | N/A | Ahmed et al. 2011 [14] | 52 | 60 | 2 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] | 15 | 30 | 1 minor RPH not requiring transfusion | 3.3% | 0 | Kumpe et al. 2012 [16] | 18 | 19 | 1 major (SAH/SDH); 2 minor (UTI and syncope) | 16.7% | 1 (SAH/SDH hematoma requiring EVD) | Teleb et al. 2012 [17] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | N/A | Radvany et al. 2013 [18] | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0% | N/A | Fields et al. 2013 [19] | 15 | 15 | 1 minor (femoral pseudoaneurysm) | 6.7% | 0 (femoral pseudoaneurysm resolved compression) | Ducruet et al. 2014 [20] | 30 | 36 | 1 minor (femoral pseudoaneurysm | 2.8 | 1 (femoral pseudoaneurysm requiring femoral artery stent) | Characteristics | Number of patients | Number of stents | Complications | Complication rate % (95% CI) | Complications requiring additional procedure (%; 95% CI) | Summary | 185 | 221 | 10 | 5.4% (4.7–6.1) | 4 (2.1%; 1.8–2.4%) |
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SAH: subarachnoid hemorrhage. SDH: subdural hemorrhage. ICH: intracerebral hemorrhage. RPH: retroperitoneal hematoma.
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