Information received from the article: ding et al.Endovascular treatment of recurrent intracranial aneurysms following previous microsurgical clipping with the pipeline embolization device.Journal of clinical neuroscience.21 (2014), 1241-1244.Medtronic (covidien) received information regarding a manufactured product and adverse event through literature review.Treatment of a large fusiform aneurysm located in the supraclinoid segment of the right ica (internal carotid artery).The patient underwent pipeline embolization treatment without any issues.At seven months, angiography revealed complete aneurysm obliteration with moderate in-stent stenosis.At eleven months, angiography showed complete resolution of the in-stent stenosis without evidence of residual aneurysm however the patient was experiencing chronic headaches and was neurologically stable.The article emphasized the importance of close angiographic surveillance after aneurysm treatment, even in patients who have undergone microsurgical clipping.
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