“…First, an important factor contributing to divergent results is the inhomogeneity of lesions across studies. There are multiple studies available that present no information on the method through which lesion location was determined (Dirnberger et al, 2013;Dovern et al, 2017;Fleming et al, 2018;Gomez Beldarrain et al, 2008;Meehan et al, 2011;Pohl et al, 2001;Rösser et al, 2008;Shin et al, 2005;Wadden et al, 2017;Zimerman et al, 2012). Some studies stated that infarctions were located in the "MCA territory" or "anterior circulation system" without further information (Orrell et al, 2007;Pohl et al, 2001;Pohl et al, 2006).…”