CHANGING FROM ADAPT TO SOLUMBRA TECHNIQUES IN THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE: EXPERIENCE AT CHORAY HOSPITAL

Nguyễn Huỳnh Nhật Tuấn1,, Nguyễn Văn Khôi
1 Cho Ray Hospital

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Background: Major endovascular techniques of mechanical thrombectomy (MT) are: stent-retriever (SR), aspiration first pass technique (ADAPT) and Solumbra (Aspiration + SR), which are interchangeable (defined as changing technique). The purpose of this study was to report the added value of changing from ADAPT to Solumbra in unsuccessful revascularization stroke patients. Materials and Methods: This is a case series report, retrospective, single center, from 01/2019 to 12/2021. In 103/137 (75.2%) patients, ADAPT was used as the first-line strategy. Changing technique was defined as the difference between the first and the final technique. Revascularization was evaluated with Thrombolysis In Cerebral Infarction (TICI) with success defined as TICI ≥ 2b. Procedural time (PT) and time to reperfusion (TTR) were recorded. Results: Stroke involved anterior circulation in 86/103 (83.5%) patients and posterior circulation in 17/103 (16.5%) patients. ADAPT was the most common first-line technique compared with SR and Solumbra (103/137 (75.2%) vs. 15/137 (10.9%) vs. 19/137 (13.9%), respectively). In 21/103 (20.4%) patients using ADAPT, the TICI ≤ 2a patients required changing to Solumbra. The mean number of passes before changing was 2.0 ± 1.3; ADAPT to Solumbra improved successful revascularization by 14.6% (71/103 (68.9%) vs. 86/103 (83,5%)). PT was superior for changing technique comparing with ADAPT (63.3 min vs. 39.3 min, although, TTP was similar (324.1 min vs. 311.4 min). Conclusion: Successful revascularization was improved by 14.6% after changing from ADAPT to Solumbra (final TICI ≥ 2b was 83.5%).

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