• Zhiyuan Yan, Kuang Zheng, Ye Xiong, Fujun Lan, Yunhui Wang, Xianxi Tan, Ming Zhong, and Zequn Li.
• Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China.
• World Neurosurg. 2019 May 1; 125: e22-e28.

BackgroundOverlapping stents represent a new paradigm in endovascular interventions, especially for complex and wide-necked aneurysms. The low-profile visualized intraluminal support (LVIS) device is a new generation of self-expanding braided stents recently introduced in China for stent-assisted coiling of intracranial aneurysms. We report several cases of intracranial aneurysms coiled using overlapping LVIS stents to evaluate its efficacy and safety.MethodsPatients with ruptured intracranial aneurysms treated with double LVIS stents at our center between November 2014 and May 2016 were reviewed. The clinical data and technical results are presented.ResultsTen patients with 15 aneurysms were treated with double LVIS stents, with a 100% technical success rate. No mortality was observed. Immediate angiographic outcome evaluation showed complete occlusion in 13 aneurysms (86.7%) and neck remnants in 2 aneurysms (13.3%).ConclusionsDouble LVIS stents are safe and effective in the treatment of intracranial aneurysms, especially complex aneurysms.Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier Inc.

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