Emergency cervical internal carotid artery stenting in combination with intracranial thrombectomy in acute stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

In past years, thrombectomy has become a widely used procedure in interventional neuroradiology for the treatment of acute intracranial occlusions. However, in 10-20% of patients, there are additional occlusions or stenotic lesions of the ipsilateral cervical internal carotid artery. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of emergency carotid artery stent placement in combination with intracranial thrombectomy and the clinical outcome of the treated patients.

Materials and methods

We analyzed clinical and angiographic data of patients who underwent emergency cervical ICA stent placement and intracranial thrombectomy with stent-retriever devices in our institution between November 2009 and July 2012. Recanalization was assessed accord

SUBMITTER: Stampfl S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7965815 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature