Covered stent graft

Although long-term follow-up studies using a greater number of patients is required for further validation of this technique, this preliminary assessment shows that covered stent graft placement is an efficient, safe, and microinvasive technique, and is a promising tool in treating intracranial VA dissecting aneurysms 1).

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He M, Zhang H, Lei D, Mao BY, You C, Xie XD, Sun H, Ju Y, Zhang JM. Application of covered stent grafts for intracranial vertebral artery dissecting aneurysms. J Neurosurg. 2009 Mar;110(3):418-26. doi: 10.3171/2008.3.17470. Review. PubMed PMID: 18847343.