Feasibility, Safety, and Outcome of Endovascular Recanalization in Childhood Stroke: The Save ChildS Study.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Randomized clinical trials have shown the efficacy of thrombectomy of large intracranial vessel occlusions in adults; however, any association of therapy with clinical outcomes in children is unknown.

Objective

To evaluate the use of endovascular recanalization in pediatric patients with arterial ischemic stroke.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective, multicenter cohort study, conducted from January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2018, analyzed the databases from 27 stroke centers in Europe and the United States. Included were all pediatric patients (<18 years) with ischemic stroke who underwent endovascular recanalization. Median follow-up time was 16 months.

Exposures

Endovascular recanalization.

Main outcomes and measures

The decre

SUBMITTER: Sporns PB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6802048 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature