INTRODUCTION: The Woven EndoBridge (WEB) device has been widely used to treat intracranial wide neck bifurcation aneurysms. Initial studies have demonstrated that approximately 90% of patients have the same or improved long-term aneurysm occlusion after the initial 6-month follow-up. METHODS: This is an analysis of a prospectively maintained database across 13 academic institutions. We included patients with previously untreated cerebral aneurysms embolized using the WEB device who achieved complete occlusion at first follow-up and had available long-term follow-up. RESULTS: A total of 95 patients with a mean age of 61.6 ± 11.9 years were studied. The mean neck diameter and height were 3.9 ± 1.3 mm and 6.0 ± 1.8 mm, respectively. The mean time to the first and last follow-up was 5.4 ± 1.8 and 14.1 ± 12.9 months, respectively. Out of all the aneurysms that were completely occluded at 6 months, 84 (90.3%) showed complete occlusion at the final follow-up, and 11(11.5%) patients did not achieve complete occlusion. The positive predictive value (PPV) of complete occlusion at the first follow was 88.4%. Importantly, this did not differ between Digital Subtraction Device (DSA), Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA), or Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA). CONCLUSIONS: This study underlines the importance of repeat imaging in patients treated with the WEB device even if complete occlusion is achieved short term. Follow-up can be performed using DSA, MRA, or CTA with no difference in positive predictive value.
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