Thrombectomy for secondary distal, medium vessel occlusions of the posterior circulation: seeking complete reperfusion.
Lukas MeyerChristian Paul StrackeMarta WallochaGabriel BroocksPeter B SpornsEike Immo I PiechowiakJohannes KaesmacherChristian MaegerleinFranziska DornHanna ZimmermannWeis NaziriNuran AbdullayevChristoph KabbaschDaniel BehmeAla JamousVolker MausSebastian FischerMarkus MöhlenbruchCharlotte Sabine WeylandSoenke LangnerDan MeilaMilena MiszczukEberhard SiebertStephan LowensLars Udo KrauseLeonard Leong-Litt YeoBenjamin Yq TanAnil GopinathanBenjamin GoryJuan F ArenillasPedro Navia-ÁlvarezEytan RazMaksim ShapiroFabian ArnbergKamil ZeleňákMario Martínez-GaldámezAndreas KastrupPanagiotis PapanagiotouAndre KemmlingMarios N PsychogiosTommy AnderssonRene ChapotJens FiehlerUta Hanningnull nullPublished in: Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2021)
Thrombectomy for secondary posterior circulation DMVO seems to be safe and technically feasible. Even though thrombi that have migrated preprocedurally may be easier to retract, successful reperfusion can be achieved in the majority of patients with secondary DMVO of the P2 and P3 segment.