Feasibility, Safety, and Technical Success of the Flying Intervention Team in Acute Ischemic Stroke : Comparison of Interventions in Different Primary Stroke Centers with those in a Comprehensive Stroke Center.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prompt endovascular care of patients with ischemic stroke due to large vessel occlusion (LVO) remains a major challenge in rural regions as primary stroke centers (PSC) usually cannot provide neuro-interventional services. Objective The core content of the Flying Intervention Team (FIT) project is to perform thrombectomy on-site at a local PSC after the neuro-interventionalist has been transported via helicopter to the target hospital. An important and so far unanswered question is whether mechanical thrombectomy can be performed as safely and successfully on-site as in a specialized comprehensive stroke center (CSC).

Methods

Comparison of 100 FIT thrombectomies on site in 14 different PSCs with 128 control thrombectomies at 1 CSC (79 drip-and-ship, 49 mothership)

SUBMITTER: Kettner A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10219878 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature