Patients need dual antiplatelet therapy after venous sinus stenting, and the rate of chronic patency after the procedure is unknown, Dr. Albuquerque noted. Patients can develop scalp pain over the stented segment, he added.
“I think if you limit this procedure to a very select group of patients, I think its efficacy is tremendous,” Dr. Albuquerque concluded.
Dr. Albuquerque declared no conflicts of interest. Dr. Friedman reported serving on the speakers bureau of Allergan, receiving research grants from the National Eye Institute, Merck & Co., and ElectroCore, and having served as an expert witness (for the plaintiff and defense) on idiopathic intracranial hypertension.