Mahmoud H Mohammaden, Mohamed A Tarek, Hassan Aboul Nour, Diogo C Haussen, Johanna T Fifi, Stavros Matsoukas, Mudassir Farooqui, Santiago Ortega-Gutierrez, Cynthia B Zevallos, Milagros Galecio-Castillo, Ameer E Hassan, Wondwossen Tekle, Alhamza R Al-Bayati, Mohamed M Salem, Jan Karl Burkhardt, Bryan Pukenas, Gustavo M Cortez, Ricardo A Hanel, Amin Aghaebrahim, Eric Sauvageau, Muhammad Hafeez, Peter Kan, Omar Tanweer, Mouhammad Jumaa, Syed F Zaidi, Marion Oliver, Sunil A Sheth, Michael Nahhas, Sergio Salazar-Marioni, Ahmad Khaldi, Hanzhou Li, Okkes Kuybu, Mohamad Abdalkader, Piers Klein, Sophia Peng, Ali Alaraj, Thanh N Nguyen, Raul G Nogueira
BACKGROUNDS: Recent trials have shown improved outcomes after mechanical thrombectomy (MT) for vertebrobasilar occlusion (VBO) stroke. However, there is a paucity of data regarding safety and outcomes of rescue intracranial stenting (RS) after failed MT (FRRS+) for posterior circulation stroke. We sought to compare RS to failed reperfusion without RS (FRRS-). METHODS: This is a retrospective analysis of the Stenting and Angioplasty in NeuroThrombectomy (SAINT) study, a multicenter collaboration involving prospectively collected databases...
September 12, 2023: Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery