NOT THE ONES THEY ADVERTISE TO MSNBC VIEWERS: Catheter method may help stroke victims get back to normal, trial suggests. “A catheter-based method of clot removal treatment is continuing to show success in getting stroke victims back to normal, new research shows. Endovascular thrombectomy helped 31 percent of stroke patients regained functional independence, according to a study published Monday in JAMA Neurology. Those findings are compared to only 14 percent who returned to normal through medical management.”