New ESO/ESMINT Thrombectomy Guidelines: after Guideline Writing is before Guideline Writing

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In late February, the new European guidelines on mechanical thrombectomy for the treatment of stroke patients have been published online in free access [1]. This document was primarily drafted by the European Stroke Organization (ESO) and European Society of Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy (ESMINT) and is now endorsed by the German Society of Neuroradiology (DGNR) in the meeting of its executive board on 9 May 2019. To repeat this successful joint European guidelines effort on a national level seemed hardly justified, even if comprehensive care for acute stroke patients is already a reality in Germany [2] and national guidelines might address slightly different questions than European ones. …