A thrombectomy is a surgical procedure to remove a thrombus, or blood clot, in an artery. A doctor may use it to treat some strokes. The procedure helps restore blood flow to the brain. Other names ...

The use of thrombectomy in patients with acute stroke and a large infarct of unrestricted size has not been well studied. We assigned, in a 1:1 ratio, patients with proximal cerebral vessel occlusion ...

Trials of the efficacy and safety of endovascular thrombectomy in patients with large ischemic strokes have been carried out in limited populations. We performed a prospective, randomized, open-label, ...

In patients with acute stroke and a large infarct of unrestricted size, thrombectomy and medical care led to better functional outcomes and lower mortality compared with medical care alone, the ...

Thrombectomy is generally beneficial for patients from a low-income population who have a large vessel occlusion stroke presenting in the later time window and who can be identified as suitable for ...

BARCELONA, Spain — A new individual patient-level data meta-analysis has shown “overwhelming benefit” of endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) in a wide spectrum of patients with large-core strokes. The ...

Extending the results of several prior trials of thrombectomy in patients with large-core acute ischemic strokes, LASTE demonstrates that the intervention remains beneficial even when there is no cap ...