anyone here had the ophthalmic artery covered by the PED? What was the outcome? Im looking at surgery on May 11th.
Hi. In Jan 2015 I had a pipeline placed across the ophthalmic artery junction with my internal carotid artery. Follow up studies show the aneurysm still filling, and it hasn’t shrunk. On the other hand, it hasn’t grown. My interventional radiologist says it is still providing some protection from rupture, but the blood flowing through the Annie to feed the ophthalmic artery is the reason it’s not shrinking. I’m a bit bummed about it, but neither of us is wanting to put in another PED.
Did you lose vision in that eye?
Carla Poole
No, I did not. If the PED had done what we were hoping for, the blood would flow through the PED, but in its ambition to reach the demands of the ophthalmic, it would just go there instead of filling the whole aneurysm, starving it, just as in cases where no other arteries are involved. Losing that flow was a huge concern of mine going in, and they couldn’t make any promises about my vision. I read a study of about 30 ophthalmic Annies treated with PEDs showing all continued to get flow to the eye, either as we hoped, or through collateral arteries, so I took the leap.
Since the PED isn’t really doing its job, we’ll never know. Best wishes to you. HNH