Mechanical thrombectomy beyond the circle of Willis: efficacy and safety of different techniques for M2 occlusions.
Leonardo RenieriIacopo ValenteAdam Andrew DmytriwAjit S PuriJasmeet SinghSergio NappiniPatrizia NenciniArtem KaliaevMohamad AbdalKaderAndrea AlexandreGiuseppe GarignanoSheela VivekanandanReginald P FongCarmen Parra-FarinasJulian SpearsSantiago Gomez-PazChristopher OgilvyRobert William RegenhardtNaif AlotaibiAndre Beer-FurlanKrishna C JoshiMelanie WalkerJuan Vicenty-PadillaJean DarcourtPaul ForemanAnna L KuhnThanh N NguyenChristoph J GriessenauerThomas R MarottaAjith J ThomasAman B PatelThabele M Leslie-MazwiMichael ChenMichael R LevittKaren S ChenChristophe CognardAlessandro PedicelliNicola LimbucciPublished in: Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2021)
Stent-retrievers and a combined approach for M2 occlusions seem more effective than direct aspiration, but with higher rates of iSAH. This leads to no detectable difference in clinical outcome at 3 months.