Perforator stroke following intracranial stenting

Abstract
The limitations of medical therapy coupled with technological advances have prompted consideration of intracranial stenting as treatment for intracranial stenoses in selected patients. A major concern of intracranial angioplasty with or without stent placement has been occlusion of the perforating vessels such as the lenticulostriate arteries during middle cerebral artery angioplasty.