Aspiration Versus Stent-Retriever as First-Line Endovascular Therapy Technique for Primary Medium and Distal Intracranial Occlusions: A Propensity-Score Matched Multicenter Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

For acute proximal intracranial artery occlusions, contact aspiration may be more effective than stent-retriever for first-line reperfusion therapy. Due to the lack of data regarding medium vessel occlusion thrombectomy, we evaluated outcomes according to first-line technique in a large, multicenter registry.

Methods

Imaging, procedural, and clinical outcomes of patients with acute proximal medium vessel occlusions (M2, A1, or P1) or distal medium vessel occlusions (M3, A2, P2, or further) treated at 37 sites in 10 countries were analyzed according to first-line endovascular technique (stent-retriever versus aspiration). Multivariable logistic regression and propensity-score matching were used to estimate the odds of the primary outcome, expanded Thrombolysis in C

SUBMITTER: Siegler JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12778714 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature