Early reperfusion and clinical outcomes in patients with M2 occlusion: pooled analysis of the PROACT II, IMS, and IMS II studies.

Conclusions A positive correlation between successful early reperfusion and clinical outcome could not be demonstrated for patients with M2 occlusion. Irrespective of reperfusion status, such patients have better outcomes than those with more proximal occlusions, with more than 50% achieving functional independence at 3 months. PMID: 25259569 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Neurosurgery - September 26, 2014 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Rahme R, Yeatts SD, Abruzzo TA, Jimenez L, Fan L, Tomsick TA, Ringer AJ, Furlan AJ, Broderick JP, Khatri P Tags: J Neurosurg Source Type: research