Abstract:Objective To analyze the lesion sites of patients with cerebral venous sinus stenosis (CVSS), and to compare the therapeutic effects and the long-term prognosis between stent angioplasty and anticoagulant therapy. Methods A total of 98 patients with CVSS in our hospital from July 2010 to December 2014 were collected for retrospective study. All patients were received the whole brain digital subtraction angiography (DSA) examination, and were chosen to undergo the stent angioplasty (stent group, 63 cases) or anticoagulant therapy (anticoagulant group, 35 cases) according to the results of DSA. The lesion sites of patients with CVSS were analyzed. The indexes of venous sinus pressure, cerebral circulation time and cerebrospinal fluid pressure were compared between two groups. Following up for 3 years, the incidence of dizziness and the recurrence of restenosis were compared between two groups. The risk factors of the restenosis in the three-year follow-up were analyzed by multivariate Logistic regression analysis. Results In 98 patients with CVSS, the lesion sites of the sigmoid sinus junction were 78 cases, and the lesion sites of the middle sagittal sinus were 9 cases, and the lesion sites of sigmoid sinus central segment were 2 cases, and the lesion sites of straight sinus were 2 cases, and the lesion sites combined with sinus diverticulum were 6 cases, and the lesion sites combined with Labbe’s vein stenosis was 1 cases. The indexes of venous sinus pressure, cerebral circulation time and cerebrospinal fluid pressure in stent group were lower than those in anticoagulant group, which were (11.16±2.29) mmHg vs (18.41±2.89) mmHg, (10.46±3.43) s vs (17.87±3.11) s and (226.95±48.74) mmH2O vs (296.13±67.78) mmH2O (all P < 0.05). Following up for 3 years, the incidence of dizziness and the recurrence of restenosis in stent group were lower than those in anticoagulant group, which were 3.17% (2/63) vs 17.14% (6/35), 0.00% (0/63) vs 8.57% (3/35) (all P < 0.05). The risk factor of the restenosis in the three-year follow-up was the stent angioplasty showed by multivariate Logistic regression analysis [Ol^R=3.218 (95% CI: 2.426, 4.102)]. Conclusions The most common lesion site of patients with CVSS is the sigmoid sinus junction. And the treatment of stent angioplasty can improve the therapeutic effects and the long-term prognosis of patients with CVSS.