Aspiration Versus Stent Retriever Thrombectomy for Distal, Medium Vessel Occlusion Stroke in the Posterior Circulation: A Subanalysis of the TOPMOST Study.
Lukas MeyerChristian Paul StrackeMarta WallochaGabriel BroocksPeter B SpornsEike Immo I PiechowiakJohannes KaesmacherChristian MaegerleinMoritz Roman Hernandez PetzscheFranziska DornHanna ZimmermannWeis NaziriNuran AbdullayevChristoph KabbaschDaniel BehmeAla JamousVolker MausSebastian FischerMarkus Alfred MöhlenbruchCharlotte Sabine WeylandSönke LangnerDan MeilaMilena MiszczukEberhard SiebertStephan LowensLars Udo KrauseLeonard Leong-Litt YeoBenjamin Yong-Qiang TanGopinathan AnilBenjamin GoryJorge Galván-FernándezMiguel Schüller ArteagaPedro Navia-ÁlvarezEytan RazMaksim ShapiroFabian ArnbergKamil ZeleňákMario Martínez-GaldámezAndreas KastrupPanagiotis PapanagiotouAndré KemmlingMarios-Nikos PsychogiosTommy AnderssonRene ChapotJens FiehlerUta Hanningnull nullPublished in: Stroke (2022)
Both first-pass aspiration and stent retriever thrombectomy for primary isolated posterior circulation DMVO seem to be safe and technically feasible leading to similar favorable rates of angiographic and clinical outcome.