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• Contributors PH: conception and design of the work, data collection and interpretation, drafting the article, final approval of the version to be published. CJG and CMS: data interpretation and critically revising the article, final approval of the version to be published.

• Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

• Competing interests CMS received research funding from Penumbra and has ownership in NTI. CJG received research funding from Medtronic, Penumbra, and consulting honoraria from Stryker, MicroVention. None of the authors have conflicts of interest related to the work.

• Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

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