The River study: a novel venous sinus stent for the treatment of idiopathic intracranial hypertension

The "River" stent is a novel stent designed specifically to account for the anatomical and procedural requirements of venous sinus stenosis. A multicentre study of the device's safety and efficacy is underway, comprising 39 subjects across 5 US centres. The 1-year results have been recently published in JNIS. Editor-in-Chief of JNIS, Dr. Felipe C. Albuquerque, interviews Dr. Athos Patsalides¹, author of the paper: The River study: the first prospective multicenter trial of a novel venous sinus stent for the treatment of idiopathic intracranial hypertension

1. Department of Neurological Surgery, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York, USA

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