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We aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of EVT versus best medical treatment (BMT) in this population.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We retrospectively screened consecutive patients with acute anterior cerebral artery occlusion between May 2020 and October 2025. The primary outcome was excellent functional outcome, defined as a 90-day modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score of 0\u20131. Secondary outcomes included 90-day mRS 0\u20132, mRS 0\u20133, mortality, symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (sICH), and any intracranial hemorrhage (any ICH). Multivariable logistic regression and inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) were used to adjust for baseline differences.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Among 69 included patients, 37 received BMT and 32 underwent EVT. Successful reperfusion was achieved in 27 of 32 patients treated with EVT (84.4%). The primary outcome of 90-day mRS 0\u20131 occurred in 17 of 37 patients (45.9%) in the BMT group and 13 of 32 patients (40.6%) in the EVT group. EVT was not significantly associated with 90-day mRS 0\u20131 after adjustment (adjusted odds ratio [OR], 1.74; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.50\u20135.99). No significant differences were observed for 90-day mRS 0\u20132, mRS 0\u20133, mortality, sICH, or any ICH. IPTW-adjusted sensitivity analyses yielded consistent results.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>EVT showed high reperfusion success but was not associated with a statistically significant improvement in 90-day functional outcomes compared with BMT. Further multicenter studies are needed to clarify the potential role of EVT in this population.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fneur.2026.1896249","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,7]],"date-time":"2026-10-07T04:52:10Z","timestamp":1791348730000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Endovascular treatment versus best medical treatment for acute anterior cerebral artery occlusion: a single-center inverse probability of treatment-weighted cohort study"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Xiaolin","family":"Wan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, Wuhan No. 1 Hospital","place":["Wuhan, Hubei, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Baoming","family":"Lei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, Wuhan No. 1 Hospital","place":["Wuhan, Hubei, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kun","family":"Tang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, Wuhan No. 1 Hospital","place":["Wuhan, Hubei, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Haifeng","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, Wuhan No. 1 Hospital","place":["Wuhan, Hubei, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yi","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, Wuhan No. 1 Hospital","place":["Wuhan, Hubei, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wenhua","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, Wuhan No. 1 Hospital","place":["Wuhan, Hubei, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhangbao","family":"Guo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, Wuhan No. 1 Hospital","place":["Wuhan, Hubei, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"623","DOI":"10.1136\/neurintsurg-2021-017321","article-title":"A review of endovascular treatment for medium vessel occlusion stroke","volume":"13","author":"Ospel","year":"2021","journal-title":"J Neurointerv Surg."},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2872","DOI":"10.1161\/strokeaha.120.028956","article-title":"Thrombectomy for distal, medium vessel occlusions: a consensus statement on present knowledge and promising directions","volume":"51","author":"Saver","year":"2020","journal-title":"Stroke"},{"key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1894","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMoa2514120","article-title":"Endovascular treatment of medium-vessel-occlusion strokes","volume":"394","author":"Hu","year":"2026","journal-title":"N Engl J Med"},{"key":"ref4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1385","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMoa2411668","article-title":"Endovascular treatment of stroke due to medium-vessel occlusion","volume":"392","author":"Goyal","year":"2025","journal-title":"N Engl J Med"},{"key":"ref5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1374","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMoa2408954","article-title":"Endovascular treatment for stroke due to occlusion of medium or distal vessels","volume":"392","author":"Psychogios","year":"2025","journal-title":"N Engl J Med"},{"key":"ref6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"30","DOI":"10.1186\/1471-2377-9-30","article-title":"Infarction in the territory of the anterior cerebral artery: clinical study of 51 patients","volume":"9","author":"Arboix","year":"2009","journal-title":"BMC Neurol"},{"key":"ref7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"144","DOI":"10.1001\/archneur.1990.00530020040012","article-title":"Anterior cerebral artery territory infarction in the Lausanne stroke registry. 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