DOI: 10.1148/radiol.252830 ISSN: 0033-8419
Thrombectomy in Posterior Circulation Tandem Occlusions: Multicenter Comparative Analysis of Procedural Techniques and Predictors of Clinical Outcomes
Mohamed M. Salem, Ahmed Helal, Georgios Sioutas, Avi A. Gajjar, Mahmoud H. Mohammaden, Kareem El Naamani, Anna L. Kuhn, Andre Monteiro, Christine Tschoe, Gustavo Cortez, Mohamed A. Tarek, Adam A. Dmytriw, Robert Regenhardt, Sergio Salazar Marioni, Mohamad AbdalKader, Thanh N. Nguyen, Stavropoula I. Tjoumakaris, Ajit S. Puri, Vitor M. Pereira, James D. Rabinov, James Siegler, Ricardo Hanel, Sunil Sheth, Adnan H. Siddiqui, Elad I. Levy, Diogo C. Haussen, Michael J. Lang, Peter T. Kan, Omar Tanweer, Visish M. Srinivasan, Bradley A. Gross, Ajith J. Thomas, Tudor Jovin, Brian T. Jankowitz, Pascal Jabbour, Raul G. Nogueira, Jan-Karl BurkhardtAmong patients with thrombectomy-treated posterior circulation tandem occlusions, a distal-first approach (treating intracranial lesion first) was associated with shorter treatment time, lower symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage incidence, and favorable 90-day functional outcome.