Redefining 'success': a systematic review and meta-analysis comparing outcomes between incomplete and complete revascularization.
Asim RizviSeyed Mohammad SeyedsaadatMohammad Hassan MuradWaleed BrinjikjiSean T FitzgeraldRamanathan KadirvelAlejandro A RabinsteinDavid F KallmesPublished in: Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2018)
Differences in all major outcome measures were markedly better in patients with complete versus incomplete but still 'successful' revascularization using prior thresholds, with ORs in the order of those seen in recent definitive trials comparing EVT to an intravenous tissue plasminogen activator.