Endovascular Versus Medical Management in Distal Medium Vessel Occlusion Stroke: The DUSK Study.
Mahmoud H MohammadenLorena Souza VianaHend AbdelhamidMarta Olive GadeaMarc Rodrigo-GisbertManuel Requena RuizPedro Nascimento MartinsStavros MatsoukasBraxton Riley SchuldtJohanna T FifiMudassir FarooquiJuan Vivanco-SuarezSantiago Ortega GutierrezPiers KleinMohamad AbdalKaderNicholas F VigilanteJames E SieglerFelipe Moreira FerreiraSophia PengAli AlarajDiogo C HaussenThanh N NguyenRaul G NogueiraPublished in: Stroke (2024)
This multicenter study failed to demonstrate any significant outcome differences among patients with isolated distal medium vessel occlusions treated with EVT versus MM. These findings reinforce clinical equipoise. Randomized clinical trials are ongoing and will provide more definite evidence.