Correspondence to Dr Nicholas C Bambakidis, Department of Neurological Surgery, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; ...

Background Revascularization after endovascular therapy for acute ischemic stroke is measured by the Thrombolysis In Cerebral Infarction (TICI) scale, yet variability exists in scale definitions. We ...

Correspondence to Feng Xu, Department of Neurosurgery, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, No 12 Wulumuqi Zhong Road, Shanghai 200040, China; fengxu.dr{at}gmail.com ...

Correspondence to Nicole Mariantonia Cancelliere, Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Medical Imaging, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON M5T 2S8, Canada; nicole.cancelliere{at}unityhealth.to ...

Correspondence to Dr Seán Fitzgerald, Department of Physiology, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland; sean.fitzgerald{at}nuigalway.ie Background Balloon guide catheters (BGCs) ...

1 Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA 2 Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA 6 Mallinckrodt Institute of ...

Background Current studies on clot characterization in acute ischemic stroke focus on fibrin and red blood cell composition. Few studies have examined platelet composition in acute ischemic stroke ...

1 Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA 2 Department of Neurosurgery, Tallahassee Neurological Clinic, Tallahassee, Florida, USA 3 Department of Radiology, ...

Correspondence to Dr Justin F Fraser, Neurological Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA; Jfr235{at}uky.edu ...

Background Congress enacted the No Surprises Act (NSA) in 2021. The NSA relies on the ability for providers to appeal their out-of-network (OON) payment through an arbitration process known as ...

Background Higher positioning of a large bore guide catheter during endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) is hypothesized to potentially improve thrombectomy success. Objective To evaluate the safety and ...

Introduction For patients undergoing mechanical thrombectomy, numerous (>3) thrombectomy passes may be harmful. However, non-recanalization leads to poor outcomes. For patients requiring multiple ...