Balloon-mounted versus self-expandable stent in failed neurothrombectomy: a post hoc analysis of the SAINT study
Background Previous studies have shown that when thrombectomy has failed, rescue intracranial stenting is associated with better clinical outcomes compared with failed reperfusion. However, comparative data regarding stent type are lacking. Objective To compare the procedural and clinical outcomes of balloon-mounted stents (BMS) with those of self-expandable stents (SES). Methods Retrospective analysis of a prospectively collected database from the Stenting and Angioplasty in NeuroThrombectomy (SAINT) consortium. Patients were included if thrombectomy had failed and they then underwent rescue emergency stenting. Patients treated with SES or BMS were compared using inverse probability of treatment weighting. The primary outcome was the final reperfusion as measured by the modified Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction (mTICI) Scale. Safety measures included rates of symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage, procedural complications, and 90-day mortality. Results A total of 328 patients were in
