Table 1 Demographics and aneurysm characteristics of patients
From: Pipeline versus Tubridge in the treatment of unruptured posterior circulation aneurysms
Total n = 107 | PED n = 55 | TFD n = 52 | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender (n, %) | 0.696 | |||
Male | 80 (74.8) | 42 (76.4) | 38 (73.1) | |
Female | 27 (25.2) | 13 (23.6) | 14 (26.9) | |
Age (mean ± SD) | 55.2 ± 10.0 | 53.4 ± 9.6 | 57.0 ± 10.2 | 0.063 |
Clinical presentation (n, %) | 0.117 | |||
Headache or dizziness | 48 (44.9) | 30 (54.5) | 18 (34.6) | |
Ischemic symptom | 7 (6.5) | 3 (5.5) | 4 (7.7) | |
Incidentally found | 52 (48.6) | 22 (40.0) | 30 (57.7) | |
Hypertension (n, %) | 69 (64.5) | 33 (60.0) | 36 (69.2) | 0.319 |
Diabetes (n, %) | 11 (10.3) | 5 (9.1) | 6 (11.5) | 0.677 |
Multiple aneurysms (n, %) | 8 (7.5) | 6 (10.9) | 2 (3.8) | 0.165 |
Location (n, %) | 0.999 | |||
Vertebral artery | 83 (77.6) | 43 (78.2) | 40 (76.9) | |
Basilar artery | 16 (15.0) | 8 (14.5) | 8 (15.4) | |
Vertebrobasilar artery | 6 (5.6) | 3 (5.5) | 3 (5.8) | |
Others | 2 (1.9) | 1 (1.8) | 1 (1.9) | |
Morphology (n, %) | 0.281 | |||
Saccular | 32 (29.9) | 19 (34.5) | 13 (25.0) | |
Fusiform | 75 (70.1) | 36 (65.5) | 39 (75.0) | |
Maximum dimeter (mean ± SD) | 11.8 ± 7.1 | 11.8 ± 7.2 | 11.8 ± 7.0 | 0.981 |
Size (n, %) | 0.499 | |||
Small (< 5 mm) | 4 (3.7) | 1 (1.8) | 3 (5.8) | |
Medium (5–10 mm) | 53 (49.5) | 29 (52.7) | 24 (46.2) | |
Large/giant (> 10 mm) | 50 (46.7) | 25 (45.5) | 25 (48.1) |