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Table 3 Procedural complications

From: Endovascular Thrombectomy preceded by intravenous Alteplase versus endovascular Thrombectomy alone in Han Chinese patients treated for acute ischemic stroke with large vessel occlusion: a single-center retrospective analysis

Complications

Cohorts

Comparisons

EA cohort

ET cohort

Treatment

Endovascular thrombectomy + intravenous alteplase intervention

Endovascular thrombectomy

Numbers of patients who underwent treatment

184

141

p-value

Vessel dissection

6 (3)

3 (2)

0.539

Contrast extravasation

5 (3)

5 (4)

0.669

Embolization into a new territory

22 (12)

16 (11)

0.866

Femoral access complications

2 (1)

1 (1)

0.725

Uneventful artery vasospasm

21 (11)

18 (13)

0.712

Any procedural complication

56 (30)

43 (30)

0.991

  1. Variables are demonstrated as frequency (percentages)
  2. An unpaired t-test was performed for statistical analysis
  3. Results were significant if p-value < 0.05
  4. Patients might have more than one complication