RETRACTED: Endovascular Stent Deployment in the Management of Lesions Related to Internal Carotid Artery Redundancy

World Neurosurg. 2018 Aug:116:e903-e912. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.05.127. Epub 2018 May 28.

Abstract

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/our-business/policies/article-withdrawal). This article has been retracted at the request of of the Editor-in-Chief because this article has included both figures and data from patients that were cared for by Dr. Malek at the Cerebrovascular Hemodynamics laboratory in the Department of Neurosurgery, at Tufts Medical Center. As we understand, Dr. Gao did not have clinical privileges and played no clinical role in the care of Dr. Malek's patients while at Tufts Medical Center.

Keywords: Endovascular disease; Internal carotid artery redundancy; Kink; Stenting; Tonsillar loop.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Retracted Publication

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, False / surgery*
  • Carotid Artery, Internal / abnormalities
  • Carotid Artery, Internal / diagnostic imaging
  • Carotid Artery, Internal / surgery*
  • Disease Management*
  • Endovascular Procedures / instrumentation
  • Endovascular Procedures / methods*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / surgery*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Stents*