Review Article

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

Table 3

Neurologic outcomes following stenting for IIH.

Author/yearNumber of patientsNumber of stentsImproved headacheImproved tinnitusImproved papilledemaImproved visionFollow-up

Higgins et al. 2002 [4]111/1NA1/11/112
Owler et al. 2003 [5]443/41/14/44/49.8 (5–12)
Higgins et al. 2003 [6]12147/12NR5/87/1214.2 (2–26)
Ogungbo et al. 2003 [7]111/1NA1/11/16
Rajpal et al. 2005 [8]111/1NA1/11/16
Donnet et al. 2008 [9]10118/109/910/109/1017.2 (6–36)
Paquet et al. 2008 [10]111/1NA1/11/1NR
Arac et al. 2009 [11]111/10/1NANA2
Bussière et al. 2010 [12]101310/103/39/97/820.1 (4–60)
Zheng et al. 2010 [13]111/1NA1/11/13
Ahmed et al. 2011 [14]526040/4317/179/919/1924 (2–108)
Albuquerque et al. 2011 [15]153012/15 (1: worse, 2: no change)NRNRNR20 (2–40)
Kumpe et al. 2012 [16]181910/12 (2: no change)NR15/16NR43.7 (11–136)
Teleb et al. 2012 [17]111/1NA1/11/16
Radvany et al. 2013 [18]12125/12 (5: no change)11/1111/1210/1216 (9–36)
Fields et al. 2013 [19]151510/15 (1: no change, 2: worse, 2: different)11/1415/152/314 (1–49)
CharacteristicsNumber of patientsNumber of stentsImproved headache (%; 95% CI)Improved tinnitus (%; 95% CI)Improved papilledema (%; 95% CI)Improved vision (%; 95% CI)Mean follow-up (95% CI)
Ducruet et al. 2014 [20]303618/26 (8: no change)NRNRNR23 (0–58)
Summary185221130 (78.3; 75.8–80.8)52 (92.9; 88.7–97.1)84/89 (94.4; 92.1–96.6)64/74 (86.5; 83.0–89.9)22.0 (20.7–23.2)