• Mingsheng Yu, Yuxiang Ma, Hecheng Ren, Ying Huang, Long Yin, Lin Ma, Yubo Wang, Bin Luo, and Zengguang Wang.
• Department of Neurosurgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China; Department of Neurosurgery, Tianjin Huanhu Hospital, Tianjin, China.
• World Neurosurg. 2023 Feb 1; 170: e491e499e491-e499.

ObjectiveFor anterior circulation tandem occlusions, the optimal management strategy for extracranial carotid lesions is controversial. We aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of acute stenting (AS) with balloon angioplasty (BA) only.MethodsClinical data were collected from 98 patients with anterior circulation tandem occlusion who underwent endovascular treatment at our center. Of these patients, 64 and 34 were assigned to the AS and BA groups, respectively. The clinical characteristics and outcome data of the 2 groups were analyzed and compared.ResultsThe proportion of patients with good outcomes was 59.2%. The AS group had a higher rate of successful recanalization (98.4% vs. 82.4%, P = 0.007) and a lower rate of occlusion of the responsible vessel at 90 days (14.1% vs. 32.4%, P = 0.039) than the BA group. The AS group was also significantly better than the BA group in terms of good outcomes (67.2% vs. 44.1%, P = 0.027), but there was no significant difference between the 2 groups in terms of 90-day mortality (6.3% vs. 8.8%, P = 0.691) and asymptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (6.3% vs. 5.9%, P = 1.000). Lower baseline National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale scores were associated with good outcomes (P < 0.001), and the presence of symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage was associated with 90-day mortality (P = 0.003).ConclusionsAcute stent placement in patients with acute ischemic stroke due to anterior circulation tandem occlusion may have a better outcome than BA alone, and the safety of both approaches is comparable.Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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