Recanalization treatments in basilar artery occlusion-Systematic analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Basilar artery occlusion is a most devastating form of stroke, and the current practice is to reverse it with revascularization therapies. Pharmacological thrombolysis, intravenous or intraarterial, has been adjuncted or replaced with invasive, endovascular thrombectomy procedures. The preferred approach remains unknown and many recanalizations are futile with no clinical benefit. We sought to determine reasons for futility and weigh the existing reports to find whether endovascular mechanical interventions provide superior outcomes over pharmacological thrombolysis alone.

Methods

After analyzing systematically the reports of outcomes produced by variable basilar artery occlusion recanalization protocols, information was retrieved and reconciled from 15 r

SUBMITTER: Lindsberg PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6301218 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature