• Felipe Ramirez-Velandia, Aryan Wadhwa, Emmanuel Mensah, Anvitha Sathya, Niels Pacheco-Barrios, Jean Filo, Samuel D Pettersson, Alejandro Enriquez-Marulanda, Michael Young, Justin H Granstein, Philipp Taussky, and Christopher S Ogilvy.
• Neurosurgicla Service, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
• World Neurosurg. 2024 Oct 1; 190: 422433.e3422-433.e3.

BackgroundEndovascular options for the treatment of basilar apex aneurysms (BAAs) are heterogeneous, and evidence is limited to retrospective cohorts and case series. We seek to evaluate the efficacy and complications associated with various endovascular treatment methods of BAAs.MethodsSystematic review of PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science adhering to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Retrospective and prospective studies evaluating endovascular treatment of BAAs between January 2010 and July 2024 were included. Relevant information including occlusion rates, aneurysm recurrence, retreatment rates, and complications were subjected to meta-analysis.ResultsFifteen studies with 1049 BAAs were included. The median aneurysm diameter was 8.5 mm (range, 4.6-19.75), with a median follow-up of 33.7 months (range, 6.0-117.6). Residual aneurysm filling occurred in 24% after primary coiling (95% CI = 0.16-0.32), 25% after single stent-assisted coiling (s-SAC; 95% CI = 0.04-0.46), 25% after Y-stents (95% CI = 0.12-0.37), and 23% after flow diverter stent (FDS; 95% CI = 0.11-0.35). Recurrence rates were high for primary coiling (27%, 95% CI = 0.18-0.36) and s-SAC (19%, 95% CI = 0.13-0.26), but significantly lower for Y-stents (9%, 95% CI = 0.03-0.15) and FDS (4%, 95% CI = -0.04-0.11). Retreatment rates were 19% for primary coiling (95% CI = 0.12-0.26), 17% for s-SAC (95% CI = 0.07-0.27), 5% for Y-stents (95% CI = -0.03-0.12), and 13% for FDS (95% CI = -0.01-0.27). Meta-regression indicated larger aneurysms had higher complication rates (P = 0.02). Thromboembolic events were most frequent with FDS and Y-stents(12%).ConclusionsOcclusion rates were similar across treatments, but recurrence rates were significantly lower after Y-stents and FDS compared to primary coiling, although they carried a higher number of thromboembolic complications.Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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