Population | Acute ischemic stroke due to basilar artery occlusion. |
Intervention | Mechanical thrombectomy and best medical therapy. |
Comparison | Best medical therapy only. |
Outcome | Good neurological outcome defined as a modified Rankin Scale (mRS) of ≤3 at day 90. Secondary outcomes included mortality, symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (sICH) and functional independence (mRS ≤2). |