Mechanical thrombectomy decision making and prognostication: Stroke treatment Assessments prior to Thrombectomy In Neurointervention (SATIN) study.
Kyle M FargenCarol KittelBrian P CurryConnor W HileStacey Quintero WolfePatrick A BrownMaxim MokinAnsaar T RaiMichael ChenRobert M StarkeFelipe C AlbuquerqueSameer A AnsariPeter T KanAlejandro M SpiottaGuilherme DabusThabele M Leslie-MazwiJoshua A Hirschnull nullnull nullPublished in: Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2023)
This is the first prospective study to evaluate neurointerventionalists' ability to accurately predict clinical outcome after MT. Overall, neurointerventionalists performed poorly in prognosticating patient 90 day outcomes, raising ethical questions regarding whether MT should be withheld in patients with emergent large vessel occlusions thought to have a poor prognosis.