Complications
| Intra-procedural | Post-procedural | |||||
| TE/ischemic | Other | Ischemic | Hemorrhagic | Other | Total, N (%) | |
| Total number of complications | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 24 | 57* |
| Procedure-related complications†‡ | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 25 (44) |
| Leading to neurological deficit | ||||||
| None | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| Transient | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Permanent | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 13§ |
| Of which strokes (in case of ischemic stroke not caused by DCI) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 15¶ |
*57 complications in 27 patients (range 1–9 complications per patient).
†These 25 complications concerned 20 different patients (45.5%).
‡Of the 20 post-procedural complications, 18 (90%) occurred within 30 days after treatment, 1 between 30 days and 6 months follow-up, and 1 after 6 months follow-up.
§12 different patients (27.3%).
¶14 different patients (31.8%).
DCI, delayed cerebral ischemia; TE, thromboembolic.