Fig. 2.

Procedure for endovascular MT using stent retrievers in the rabbit. The microcatheter was navigated via the right femoral artery to the distal carotid artery through a 4 F sheath (A). A stent retriever was introduced into the microcatheter and deployed in the carotid artery (b). For tight apposition of the stent to the vessel wall, we used the ‘push and fluff technique’ while deploying the stent (c). After 2–3 minutes, the deployed stent was pulled back to the proximal segment of the carotid artery (d).