title: Stent-assisted coil embolization of intracranial aneurysms using Solitaire stent.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report patients with intracranial wide-necked or complex aneurysms who underwent Solitaire stent-assisted coil embolization.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective analysis of 28 patients with intracranial wide-necked or complex aneurysms. Eighteen of the patients presented with an acute subarachnoid hemorrhage. Thirty-one aneurysms were treated with the support of different applications (n = 32) of the Solitaire AB stents followed by the standard coiling procedure (n = 30).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Successful positioning of the remodeling device was obtained in all the cases. One stent required repositioning after full deployment. There were four thromboembolic complications (12.5%) and two hemorrhagic complications (6.25%), which caused three deaths. No permanent procedural morbidity was observed in the surviving patient. Angiographic results included 26 complete occlusions (83.9%), three neck remnants (9.7%) and two incomplete occlusions (6.4%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although the initial technical and clinical results of Solitaire stent-assisted coiling of aneurysms was reported to be encouraging in recent reports, we had encountered higher thromboembolic and hemorrhagic complications in our patients.
authors: Interventional Neuroradiology Department, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
authors: Jingbo
authors: J
authors: Zhang
authors: Xianli
authors: X
authors: Lv
authors: Jun
authors: J
authors: Yang
authors: Zhongxue
authors: Z
authors: Wu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D003188:Composite Resins; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D003188:Composite Resins; C113049:Solitaire composite resin