Thrombectomy in basilar artery occlusions: impact of number of passes and futile reperfusion.
Adam H de HavenonMahmoud ElhoranyGregoire BoulouisOlivier NaggaraJean DarcourtFrédéric ClarençonSébastien RichardGaultier MarnatRomain BourcierIgor SibonCaroline ArquizanCyril DargazanliBenjamin MaïerPierre SenersBertrand LapergueDomenico ConsoliFrancisco MacianStephane VannierJildaz CaroffChristian DenierMarion BoulangerMaxime GaubertiRouchaud AymericFrancisco MacianCharlotte RossoGuillaume TurcOzlem Ozkul-WermesterChrisanthi PapagiannakiJean François AlbucherAnthony LebrasSarah EvainValerie WolffRaoul PopSerge TimsitJean-Christophe GentricFrédéric BourdainLouis VeunacRobert FahedStephanos Nikolaos FinitsisBenjamin Gorynull nullPublished in: Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2022)
We found that BAO patients had a significant relationship between the number of MT passes and both recanalization and favorable functional outcome. We further found that the benefit of recanalization in BAO patients was significant only when recanalization was achieved within three passes, encouraging at least three passes before stopping the procedure.