Background Evidence has shown that endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) treatment improves clinical outcomes. Yet, its benefit remains uncertain in patients with large established infarcts as defined by ...

Background and purpose We aimed to identify the best definition of early neurological improvement (ENI) at 2 and 24 hours after mechanical thrombectomy (MT) and determine its ability to predict a good ...

1 Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China Correspondence to Dr Xiaobing Jiang, Department of Spinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of ...

1 University Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland Correspondence to Dr Eike I Piechowiak, University Institute of ...

Introduction Technical improvements to enhance distal occlusion thrombectomy are desirable. We describe the blind catheter exchange technique and report the pinning technique with small devices (‘mini ...

Correspondence to Dr Giuseppe Lanzino, Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW Rochester, MN 55905, USA; lanzino.giuseppe{at}mayo.edu Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is ...

Correspondence to Dr Athos Patsalides, Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, Department of Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Medine, New York, NY 10065, USA; atp9002{at}med.cornell.edu Aims We ...

7 Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA Correspondence to Dr Alejandro Spiotta, Medical University of South Carolina, Neurosciences, 96 Jonathan Lucas ...

2 Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy 3 Department of Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, ‘Santo Spirito’ Hospital, Pescara, Italy ...

Background Neo-intimal hyperplasia (NIH) is frequently observed after flow-diverter stent (FDS) implantation. Although mostly asymptomatic, this vascular response can sometimes lead to delayed ...

3 Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California and Institute for Magnetic Resonance Safety, Education, and Research, Los Angeles, California, USA Correspondence to Dr Frank G Shellock, ...