- Stent-Assisted Coil Embolization of Intracranial Aneurysms: Complications in Acutely Ruptured versus Unruptured Aneurysms
The authors evaluated complications in a cohort of 45 patients with acutely ruptured aneurysms and 47 with unruptured aneurysms. All were treated with stent-assisted coiling. The permanent complication rate in ruptured aneurysms was 11*. Five of 45 patients had an early rebleed from the treated aneurysm after 3–45 days, and in 4 this rebleed was fatal. Thromboembolic complications occurred in 2 patients with unruptured aneurysms. The authors conclude that the complication rate in ruptured aneurysms was 10 times higher than in unruptured aneurysms.
- Using Body Mass Index to Predict Needle Length in Fluoroscopy-Guided Lumbar Punctures
The authors evaluated patients who underwent oblique interlaminar-approach fluoroscopy-guided lumbar punctures and had cross-sectional imaging of the lumbar spine within 1 year of the lumbar puncture to devise a formula for the appropriate needle length based on BMI. They determined the formula to predict the needle length as Skin-Canal Distance (inches) = 0.077 x BMI + 0.88.
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