title: Use of stentrievers in acute stroke: tips, tricks, and current results.
abstract: Stentrievers are stent-like devices used in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke. They have demonstrated efficacy in restoring the intracranial blood flow with low procedural times. This article is a synopsis of the available devices and different techniques. An extensive review of the literature summarizing all the data that have been published demonstrating their clinical impact and complications is also presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland. vitor.mendespereira@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: Vitor Mendes
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Ana Paula
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Narata
authors.forename: Ana Marcos
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sztajzel
authors.forename: Karl-Olof
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Lovblad
mesh_terms: D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome