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Mechanical Thrombectomy for Posterior Circulation Occlusion: A Comparison of Outcomes with the Anterior Circulation Occlusion – A Meta-Analysis

2020; Japan Atherosclerosis Society; Volume: 27; Issue: 12 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5551/jat.54221

1880-3873

Fengzhi Wang, Jiaoqi Wang, Qiu He, Liyu Wang, Yumeng Cao, Hemin Zhang, Zhongxin Xu,

Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery

Aim: There is no randomized controlled trial to compare the effectiveness and safety of mechanical thrombectomy (MT) to intravenous thrombolysis in patients with posterior circulation occlusion (PCO). Hence, we firstly performed a meta-analysis to investigate the outcomes of MT in PCO and then compared these outcomes to anterior circulation occlusion (ACO) to provide fundamental data to further studies.