A Comparison of Contact Aspiration Versus Stent Retriever for Acute Basilar Artery Occlusion

Contant aspiration is an approach that utilizes the advantages of large-bore aspiration catheters that can be easily tracked and introduced into the cerebral circulation to directly remove the thrombus via negative pressure aspiration.

Stent retriever thrombetomy is an approach that utilize sself-expandable stent for thrombectomy. The stent retriever is expanded to capture the thrombus, which immediately may restore blood flow.