Adeeb n, griessenauer cj, foreman pm, moore jm, motiei-langroudi r, chua mh, gupta r, patel as, harrigan mr, alturki ay, ogilvy cs, thomas aj, comparison of stent-assisted coil embolization and pipeline embolization device for endovascular treatment of ophthalmicsegment aneurysms: a multicenter cohort study, world neurosurgery (2017), doi: 10.1016/j.Wneu.2017.05.104.The pipeline devices will not be returned for evaluation as they remain implanted in the patients; product analysis cannot be performed.Based on the provided information, there does not appear to have been any defect of the devices during use.The events occurred in the patients post-procedure and its cause could not be conclusively determined from the information provided in the article.A good faith effort will be made to obtain the applicable information relevant to the report.If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.
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Medtronic literature review found a report of patient complications after pipeline implantation.The purpose of this article was to present a comparative study of endovascular treatment options for ophthalmic segment aneurysms of the internal carotid artery (ica).The authors compared stent-assisted coil embolization and flow diversion (pipeline embolization device).In this pipeline group, 91 patients underwent treatment for 106 aneurysms.Of the pipeline patients, 92.5% were female and the median age was 57 years.The article states that the following outcomes were observed in the pipeline group: - 1 patient underwent endovascular retreatment after pipeline implantation - 5 patients experienced a post-treatment mrs of 3-6; baseline mrs of these patients was not provided.- 8 patients experienced worsened mrs on follow-up.- 10 patients experienced neurological complications - 8 patients experienced thromboembolic complications - 2 patients experienced hemorrhagic complications - 1 patient experienced permanent visual deficit.
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