Mechanical thrombectomy for the treatment of primary and secondary distal medium-vessel occlusion stroke: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Aaron Rodriguez CalienesJuan Vivanco-SuarezJoel M SequeirosMilagros Galecio-CastilloCynthia B ZevallosMudassir FarooquiSantiago Ortega GutierrezPublished in: Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2023)
Our findings suggest that MT using aspiration or stent retriever techniques appears to be effective and safe in primary and secondary DMVOs. However, given the level of evidence of our results, further confirmation in well-designed randomized controlled trials is needed.