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We investigated patient characteristics, procedural factors, functional outcome, and mortality associated with mechanical thrombectomy. Furthermore, predictors of outcome were identified.

Early recanalization of acute posterior circulation stroke caused by large vessel occlusion by mechanical thrombectomy with stent retrievers may improve patient outcome.

We analyzed acute posterior circulation stroke patients who underwent thrombectomy between January 2014 till June 2019 using a prospectively maintained single-center stroke database. Successful recanalization was defined as modified TICI scores 2b-3, good prognosis as modified Rankin Score (mRS) 0–2, and mortality as mRS 6 at 90 days. Baseline characteristics such as age, cardiovascular risk factors, NIHSS at admission, pre-interventional pc-ASPECTS, time to recanalization, duration of treatment, extent of …