Treatment and recanalization characteristics of patients according to their outcomes
| All patients (N=31) | Poor outcome (mRS >2) (N=20) | Favorable outcome (mRS ≤2) (N=11) | p Value* | Raw OR†(95% CI) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % of poor outcome group | n | % of favorable outcome group | |||
| Combined treatment | 19 | 61% | 13 | 65% | 6 | 55% | 0.71 | 1.55 (0.35 to 6.94) |
| Thrombectomy alone | 12 | 39% | 7 | 35% | 5 | 45% | 0.20 | 1 |
| Recanalization | ||||||||
| Unsuccessful | 8 | 26% | 7 | 35% | 1 | 9% | 5.39 (0.57 to 51.17) | |
| Successful (TICI 2b or 3) | 23 | 74% | 13 | 65% | 10 | 91% | 1 | |
| Complications of the procedure | ||||||||
| Symptomatic hemorrhage | 5 | 16% | 5 | 25% | 0 | 0% | 0.13 | NA |
| Embolic infarct | 9 | 29% | 6 | 30% | 3 | 27% | 1 | 1.14 (0.22 to 5.87) |
| Mean (SD) time between symptom onset and recanalization (min) | 20 | 512 (258) | 12 | 411 (178) | 8 | 663 (296) | 0.03 | 0.995 (0.991 to 1) |
*p Values from Student t test or Wilcoxon rank sum test for continuous variables and χ2 test or Fisher exact for categorical variables.
†OR from logistic analysis.
mRS, modified Rankin Scale; TICI, Thrombolysis In Cerebral Infarction.