1.Treatment Modalities and Long-Term Outcomes in Unruptured Vertebrobasilar Fusiform Aneurysms: A Nationwide Observational Cohort Study
Linggen DONG ; Dachao WEI ; Xiheng CHEN ; Mingtao LI ; Yang ZHAO ; Yong SUN ; Qingbin NIE ; Jun FENG ; Guomin XIAO ; Jinghua ZHOU ; Shengli HU ; Lifei FENG ; Lifeng QI ; Hongen LIU ; Geng GUO ; Yufang LI ; Renfu TIAN ; Jianghua YU ; Dianshi JIN ; Liang HAO ; Tian TIAN ; Shizhong ZHANG ; Yang WANG ; Liping LIU ; Ming LV
Journal of Stroke 2026;28(2):250-262
Background:
and Purpose Vertebrobasilar fusiform aneurysms (VBFAs) carry substantial morbidity and mortality, but optimal management for unruptured VBFAs remains unclear. We compared the safety and efficacy of conservative management (CM), stent-assisted coiling (SAC), and flow diverters (FDs) in patients with unruptured VBFAs, focusing on long-term prognosis.
Methods:
This study included data from a nationwide Chinese cohort of patients with vertebrobasilar dissecting aneurysms. Inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) balanced confounders across groups. The primary outcome was poor prognosis (modified Rankin Scale score >2). Secondary outcomes included aneurysm rupture, ischemic stroke, compression symptoms, and VBFA-related deaths. Logistic regression estimated odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Subgroup and sensitivity analyses were performed.
Results:
Among 1,115 patients with unruptured VBFAs, 838 (median age, 54 years; 655 men) were included. After IPTW, baseline characteristics were balanced. Median follow-up was 54 months. FD was associated with a lower risk of poor prognosis than CM (OR, 0.48 [95% CI, 0.30 to 0.77]; p=0.002), with no difference between CM and SAC. FD also reduced aneurysm rupture (OR, 0.20 [95% CI, 0.07 to 0.60]; p=0.004) and compression symptoms (OR, 0.30 [95% CI, 0.13 to 0.68]; p=0.004) versus CM. Time-to-event analyses further revealed significant differences in vertebral artery lesions and Type I–II VBFAs, whereas no significant differences were observed in basilar or vertebrobasilar junction lesions or in Type III–IV VBFAs.
Conclusions
Compared with CM, FD was associated with improved long-term outcomes in unruptured VBFAs, particularly in vertebral artery lesions and Type I–II VBFAs, although residual confounding cannot be excluded.
2.Treatment of varicocele combined with asthenospermia by microsurgical shunt: 3 cases report
Shuang WANG ; Xiongbing ZU ; Longfei LIU ; Juyu TANG ; Xiheng HU
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences) 2017;42(10):1228-1231
To investigate the clinic value of microsurgical shunt for the treatment of varicocele combined with asthenspermia,the clinical data and therapeutic method for 3 patients,who conducted the microscope spermatic vein high ligation combined with superficial epigastric vein flow,were retrospectively analyzed.No postoperative complications were found,and the original symptoms and signs were disappeared.All patients were conducted scrotal ultrasound and semen routine after 3 months,and all indexes,including maximum internal diameter of the cord vein (erect position),sperm density,sperm survival rate,sperm deformity rate and sperm forward movement rate,were gradually improved.Consequently,high ligation of spermatic vein combined with vascular bypass surgery under the microscope can block the countercurrent venous blood and establish a new return channel to the testis.Meanwhile,it can also protect the testicular artery and lymph-vessel.It is worth to be spread for the treatment ofvaricocele combined with asthenospermia.

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