Professor Geyik and the Medical Park team decided to treat the patient with thrombectomy.
Since the occlusion was in a relatively distal branch, Dr Geyik initially tried two different brands of 3mm OD stent retriever devices. Following the failure of these two devices at achieving recanalization, he decided to give the shortest NeVa (M1S - 4 mm x 22 mm) a try. Full recanalization (TICI 3) was possible in a single NeVa pass.