Nursing care of 22 patients with complex intracranial aneurysms treated with flow-diverting stents: A retrospective study

OBJECTIVE: To summarize the nursing treatment of patients who underwent implantation of a blood flow diverter to treat complex intracranial aneurysms. METHODS: Data from 22 patients with complex aneurysms, diagnosed at an interventional center for blood flow diverter implantation between February 2015 and February 2016, treated in the Henan Provincial People’s Hospital (Zhengzhou, China), were retrospectively analyzed. Nursing methods, including preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care, were analyzed. RESULTS: All 22 patients underwent successful surgery, with no related complications or hospital mortality, and were cured in hospital. CONCLUSION: Interventional flow diverter therapy for patients with complex intracranial aneurysms is a new technology, and involves intensive care by nursing staff and appears to be a promising new treatment method.