Endovascular thrombectomy in pediatric patients with large vessel occlusion.
Hazem ShoirahHussain ShallwaniAdnan H SiddiquiElad I LevyCynthia L KenmuirTudor G JovinMichael R LevittLouis J KimJulius GriauzdeAditya S PandeyJoseph J GemmeteTodd AbruzzoAdam S ArthurLucas ElijovichDaniel HoitAhmed CheemaManuel Felipe GranjaEric SauvageauRicardo HanelAndrew J RingerFábio A NascimentoPeter KanJ MoccoPublished in: Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2019)
Endovascular thrombectomy is safe and feasible in selected pediatric patients. Technical and neurological outcomes were comparable to adult literature with no safety concerns with the use of standard adult devices in patients as young as 18 months. This large series adds to the growing literature but further studies are warranted.