Primary manual aspiration thrombectomy (MAT) for acute ischemic stroke: safety, feasibility and outcomes in 112 consecutive patients

Conclusions
Primary MAT is an alternative endovascular recanalization technique with reasonable first pass efficacy that will likely improve with technology and experience.

Source: Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery - December 11, 2014 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Jankowitz, B., Grandhi, R., Horev, A., Aghaebrahim, A., Jadhav, A., Linares, G., Jovin, T. Tags: Ischemic stroke Source Type: research