Tenzing Assisted Delivery of Aspiration (TADA) technique for thrombectomy of medium vessel occlusions using the Freeclimb 54 catheter: multicenter experience.
Publication/Presentation Date
6-1-2025
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Medium vessel occlusions (MeVOs) account for 25-40% of acute ischemic stroke. The Tenzing 5 (Route 92 Medical, San Mateo, California, USA) and FreeClimb 54 (Route 92 Medical, San Mateo, California, USA) catheter is a novel delivery-aspiration catheter combination designed to facilitate aspiration thrombectomy (AT) of MeVOs. We report our clinical experience using the Tenzing assisted delivery of aspiration (TADA) technique with FreeClimb 54 for first-line AT of MeVO.
METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed consecutive patients who underwent MeVO first-line AT using TADA with FreeClimb 54 at nine institutions in the USA and one in New Zealand.
RESULTS: 94 MeVOs (65 primary, 29 secondary) were treated in 92 patients: median age 71 (IQR 58-81) years; 49/92 (53%) women. FreeClimb 54 was successfully delivered by Tenzing 5 to all 94/94 MeVOs: 26 proximal M2; 44 distal M2; 5 M3; 6 A2; 4 A3; and 8 P2. Median target vessel diameter on DSA was 1.7 (IQR 1.4-1.8) mm. A leading microwire was used to advance Tenzing in 84% of cases. A stent retriever was used for additional thrombectomy passes in 6/94 (6%) patients. For a primary MeVO, final modified expanded Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction (meTICI) 2B-3 reperfusion was achieved in 63/65 (97%) patients, after a median of 1 (IQR 1-2) pass, with a first pass effect (FPE, meTICI 2C-3) in 43/65 (66%). Secondary MeVO FPE (eTICI 2C-3) was achieved in 20/29 (69%) patients. Tenzing 5-FreeClimb 54 related complications occurred in 2/94 (2%) patients: one perforation with asymptomatic subarachnoid hemorrhage and one embolus to new territory.
CONCLUSIONS: MeVO first-line AT using the TADA technique with Tenzing 5 and FreeClimb 54 had a high FPE with a low complication rate.
Volume
17
Issue
e2
First Page
197
Last Page
197
ISSN
1759-8486
Published In/Presented At
Settecase, F., Puri, A. S., Lee, S. S., Khangura, R. S., Budzik, R. F., Pema, P. J., Chaudury, T., Page, M. J., McGuinness, B. J., Colasurdo, M., Tonetti, D. A., Grossberg, J. A., Singh, J., Kuhn, A. L., Alexander, M. D., Varjavand, B., Priest, R. A., Kim, J., Baxter, B. W., Kim, W. T., … Caldwell, J. (2025). Tenzing Assisted Delivery of Aspiration (TADA) technique for thrombectomy of medium vessel occlusions using the Freeclimb 54 catheter: multicenter experience. Journal of neurointerventional surgery, 17(e2), e197–e205. https://doi.org/10.1136/jnis-2024-022693
Disciplines
Diagnosis | Medicine and Health Sciences | Other Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment | Radiology
PubMedID
39855676
Department(s)
Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Medical Imaging
Document Type
Article