Mantilla D, D Vera D, Ortiz AF, Piergallini L, Lara JJ, Nicoud F, Vargas O, Costalat V. Optimizing Patient Care: A Multicentric Study on the Clinical Impact of Sim&Size™ Simulation Software in Intracranial Aneurysm Treatment With Pipeline Embolization Devices.
World Neurosurg 2024;
185:e1199-e1206. [PMID:
38508386 DOI:
10.1016/j.wneu.2024.03.052]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
To determine the clinical effects (stent size, and number of stents used) of the Sim&Size™ simulation software on the endovascular treatment of unruptured saccular intracranial aneurysms with Pipeline Embolization Devices (PED).
METHODS
This study is a retrospective analytical multicenter study of patients treated with PED (Flex and Flex with SHIELD) for intracranial aneurysm in FOSCAL clinic and CHU de Montpellier.
RESULTS
The study included 253 patients, of which 75 were treated in Colombia and 178 were treated in France. The majority of patients were women (83.8%), with a median age of 57.48 years, and had large vessel location (88.1%), with most aneurysms located in the ICA paraclinoid segment (56.8%). Patients in the group with Sim&Size™ simulation had shorter stents than those without simulation (15.62 mm versus 17.36 mm, P-value = 0.001). Also, a lower proportion of these patients required more than one stent (1.4% versus 7.3%, P-value = 0.022). There were 7 complications reported in the group that used the Sim&Size™ simulation software, compared to 9 complications in the group that did not use the software.
CONCLUSIONS
Using Sim&Size™ simulation software for endovascular treatment of patients with intracranial aneurysms using PED reduces the stent length and decreasing the number of devices needed per treatment.
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