Optimizing endovascular stroke treatment: removing the microcatheter before clot retrieval with stent-retrievers increases aspiration flow.
Omid NikoubashmanJan Patrick AltArash NikoubashmanMartin BüsenSarah HeringerCarolin BrockmannMarc-Alexander BrockmannMarguerite MüllerArno ReichMartin WiesmannPublished in: Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2016)
The BWT technique results in improved aspiration flow rates compared with the standard deployment technique. Our clinical data show that the BWT technique is effective and safe.