ESMINT-EYMINT Survey Seeks to Assess Mechanical Thrombectomy Practices in Europe

October 8, 2021—The European Society of Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy (ESMINT) and EYMINT, its organization of young interventionists, advised that the final deadline is October 17, 2021, for the ESMINT-EYMINT survey being conducted among European interventional neuroradiologist (INRs) to gain an overall appraisal of technical mechanical thrombectomy practices in Europe, as well as an appraisal of local organizations.

ESMINT and the EYMINT research collaborative group have invited practitioners to complete two online surveys so as to obtain an overview of mechanical thrombectomy practices in Europe.

For the “Individual Practitioner’s Approaches” survey, every European INR is invited to respond to collect individual responses about patient selection and endovascular procedures. The society advised that data will be treated anonymously for the research project. The individual practitioner’s questionnaire, which is available online here via Survey Monkey, will take approximately 5 minutes to answer.

For the “Comprehensive Stroke Centers” survey, only one INR per Comprehensive Stroke Center is invited to respond. This questionnaire is addressed to local organizations to help in ESMINT’s aim to provide an overall survey of technical mechanical thrombectomy practices in Europe. Data will be treated anonymously for the research project. The stroke center survey, which is available online here via Survey Monkey, will take approximately 15 minutes to answer.

The stroke center questionnaire aims to collect general, center-based information regarding:

• Mechanical thrombectomy case volume for 2020
• Imaging modalities used for patient selection
• Anesthetic management
• Technical specificities
• Imaging follow-up
• Unit organization

The letter announcing the survey, which is available on the society’s website here, was authored by ESMINT member Géraud Forestier, MD; Professor Aymeric Rouchaud, MD, Chair of the Research Committee; and Professor Jens Fiehler, President of the ESMINT Executive Board. The authors noted that the reason for conducting the survey is that mechanical thrombectomy has dramatically changed the landscape of stroke care and stroke care organizations. Public health institutions are faced with the challenge of swiftly providing equal access to this high technical level procedure with rapidly broadening indications.