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The authors quantified these changes and explored their implications as they relate to treatment effect.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>METHODS<\/jats:title>The authors retrospectively reviewed cases of aneurysms treated with a PED between the ophthalmic and posterior communicating arteries from 2012 through 2015. The angles of the anterior genu were measured on the lateral projections of cerebral angiograms obtained before and after treatment with a PED. The angles of the anterior genu of patients without aneurysms were used as normal controls.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>RESULTS<\/jats:title>Thirty-eight patients were identified who had been treated with a PED; 34 (89.5%) had complete obliteration and 4 (10.5%) had persistence of their aneurysm at last follow-up (mean 11.3 months). After treatment, 32 patients had an increase, 3 had a decrease, and 3 had no change in the angle of the anterior genu. The average measured angle of the anterior genu was 36.7\u00b0 before treatment and 44.3\u00b0 after treatment (p < 0.0001). The average angle of the anterior genu of control patients was 43.32\u00b0 (vs 36.7\u00b0 for the preoperative angle in the patients with aneurysms, p < 0.057). The average change in the angle of patients with postoperative Raymond scores of 1 was 9.10\u00b0, as compared with 1.25\u00b0 in patients with postoperative Raymond scores > 1 (p < 0.001).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>Treatment with a PED significantly changes the angle of the anterior genu. An average change of 9.1\u00b0 was associated with complete obliteration of treated aneurysms. 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