Thrombectomy for Medium-Vessel Stroke: More Independence…

Thrombectomy for Medium-Vessel Stroke: More Independence, But More Bleeding Risk Among patients with stroke due to medium-vessel occlusion, thrombectomy led to functional independence at 90 days in 58.6% of patients, versus 46.6% with medical management alone, but also to a higher risk of intracranial hemorrhage. This NEJM trial captures medicine's eternal trade-off in a single, clean statistic: 12 percentage points more independence, against meaningfully higher bleeding