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Oct 2026
Contact Aspiration Versus Combined Thrombectomy in Basilar Artery Occlusion: Clinical Severity and First-pass Recanalization Are Associated with Outcome.
PURPOSE Acute basilar artery occlusion (BAO) carries high rates of death and disability despite endovascular therapy, and the optimal technique remains unclear. We compared contact aspiration (CA) alone with combined CA plus stent retriever (CA + SR) and identified factors associated with first-pass reperfusion and 3‑m...
J. Vega-Villar, A. J. Barrios-Lopez, Anamaría Rojas Jimenez et al.
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