Femoral versus radial access for middle meningeal artery embolization for chronic subdural hematomas: multicenter propensity score matched study.
Mohamed M SalemGeorgios S SioutasAvi GajjarJane KhalifeOkkes KuybuKate T CarrollAlex Nguyen HoangAmmad A BaigMira SalihCordell BakerGustavo M CortezZack AbecassisJuan Francisco Ruiz RodriguezJason M DaviesC Michael CawleyHoward RiinaAlejandro M SpiottaAlexander KhalessiBrian M HowardRicardo A HanelOmar TanweerDaniel TonettiAdnan H SiddiquiMichael J LangElad I LevyChristopher S OgilvyVisish M SrinivasanPeter T KanBradley A GrossBrian T JankowitzMichael R LevittAjith J ThomasRamesh GrandhiJan Karl BurkhardtPublished in: Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2024)
In this study, TRA offered comparable outcomes to TFA in MMAE for cSDH in terms of access related and overall complications, technical feasibility, and functional outcomes. Procedural duration was slightly longer in the TRA group, and radiographic success was higher in the TFA group, with no differences in surgical rescue rates.