Stent-retriever alone versus combined use of stent-retriever and contact aspiration technique for middle cerebral artery M2 occlusions: a propensity score analysis.
Carlos Pérez-GarcíaSantiago RosatiCarlos Gómez-EscalonillaJuan ArrazolaAlfonso López-FríasEva GonzálezJon FondevilaPedro VegaEduardo Murias QuintanaElvira Jimenez-GomezIsabel Bravo ReyJuan MachoLuis San RomanIsabel Rodriguez CaamañoAndres Julián PaipaSebastian RemolloYeray Aguilar TejedorIsabel Bermúdez-CoronelSarai MolinerJosé Manuel Manuel PumarSaima BashirJosep PuigAntonio López-RuedaJordi BlascoRaul G NogueiraManuel MoreuPublished in: Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2021)
As front-line modality in M2 occlusions, the SR alone approach results in similar rates of reperfusion and good clinical outcomes to combined SR+CA and might be advantageous due to faster reperfusion times and fewer adverse events.