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Table 2 Comparison of treatment and clinical outcomes of patients with basilar artery occlusion according to first-line thrombectomy method

From: Effect of manual aspiration thrombectomy using large-bore aspiration catheter for acute basilar artery occlusion: comparison with a stent retriever system

 

All patients n = 50

First-line MAT n = 16

First-line SR n = 34

P value

Onset to puncture time (min)*a

137 (70–353)

125 (60–330)

140 (75–375)

0.34

Procedure time (min)a

55 (30–80)

28 (20–54)

65 (50–89)

0.001

Onset to recanalization time (min)a

197 (122–396)

168 (93–367)

202 (135–498)

0.383

First-pass effect

25 (50)

11 (68.8)

13 (38.2)

0.044

Adjuvant treatment

 Angioplasty

8 (16)

3 (18.8)

5 (14.7)

0.699

 IA tirofiban

18 (36)

4 (25.0)

14 (41.2)

0.266

 Number of passesa

1.5 (1–2)

1 (1–1.25)

2 (1–3)

0.008

 mTICI 2b or 3

39 (78)

14 (87.5)

25 (73.5)

0.466

 90d mRSa

4 (1.25–5)

2 (0–4.25)

4 (2–5)

0.043

 90d mRS 0–2

21 (42)

9 (56.2)

12 (35.3)

0.161

 Mortality

6 (12)

0 (0)

6 (17.6)

0.076

 Symptomatic ICH

4 (8)

1 (6.3)

3 (8.8)

0.754

 SAH

4 (8)

0 (0)

4 (11.7)

0.322

  1. Values in parentheses represent the number of patients (%). aData are medians and the numbers in parentheses are IQRs. IA Intra-arterial, ICH Intracerebral hemorrhage, mRS Modified Rankin Scale, mTICI Modified thrombolysis in cerebral infarction