Table 1:

Treated ruptured vertebrobasilar dissecting aneurysms

Patient No.Age (yr)/SexHunt and Hess GradeTypeLesion SiteDominant VesselTreatmentGOSInitial Angiographic Outcome
155/M3PICARVABothProximal occlusion1Complete
263/F5SupraLVALesionProximal occlusion2Complete
348/F2NonLVABothTrapping5Complete
440/M3NonLVALesionTrapping5Complete
549/M2SupraRVABothTrapping5Complete
660/M5InfraRVABothTrapping2Incomplete
744/M2SupraLVABothTrapping5Complete
857/M2SupraRVABothTrapping5Incomplete
955/F5PICARVABothTrapping5Incomplete
1025/M2InfraLVABothTrapping5Complete
1132/M3PICARVABothProximal occlusion1Incomplete
12*41/M2SupraLVABothTrapping1Complete
1356/M2SupraRVALesionTrapping5Complete
1438/F3BABABothStent with coil3Successful
1539/M3PICARVAContraTrapping4Complete
1652/F3NonLVABothTrapping5Complete
1748/M2SupraRVABothTrapping5Complete
1836/F2SupraRVABothTrapping5Complete
1954/M2SupraLVALesionTrapping5Complete
2041/M4SupraLVAContraTrapping4Incomplete
2146/F2SupraLVABothTrapping5Complete
2252/F2PICALVABothTrapping5Complete
2351/F2SupraRVABothTrapping5Incomplete
2448/M4InfraRVAContraTrapping3Complete
2533/M4PICALVAContraTrapping3Complete
2661/M3SupraLVALesionTrapping1Incomplete
2749/F3SupraLVALesionTrapping3Complete
2842/M4InfraRVABothTrapping4Complete
2937/M2PICALVABothStent with coil5Successful
  • Note:—Non indicates nondifferentiated by conventional angiography; RVA, right vertebral artery; LVA, left vertebral artery; BA; basilar artery; Lesion, dominant artery on the same side as the lesion; Supra, lesion was above PICA level; Infra, lesion was below PICA level; Non, nondifferentiated lesion by conventional angiography; Contra, dominant artery contralateral to the lesion; Both, codominant; GOS, Glasgow Outcome Score; PICA, posterior inferior cerebellar artery.

  • * The patient had a left ruptured dissecting aneurysm and a right unruptured dissecting aneurysm, which were treated with trapping and a stent, respectively, .