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Thrombectomy provides 1-year gains for patients with severe stroke
A one-year follow-up analysis of a landmark clinical trial suggests that patients with severe strokes experienced better long-term outcomes after undergoing endovascular thrombectomy compared with medical management alone, according to…
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A study of ischemic‑stroke patients with large‑core infarcts found that mechanical clot removal (thrombectomy) can still yield benefits one year after treatment, despite the extensive brain damage typically present in such cases. The research focused on patients historically deemed unlikely to respond to the procedure because of the size of the infarct at presentation.
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