Table 2.
Summary of included study demographics for mechanical thrombectomy outcomes in lower-middle income countries.
| Authors | Year | Country | WHO Region | Income Level* | Study Period | Study Design | Center Inclusion | Total Number of Patients |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles | ||||||||
| Huded et al16 | 2014 | India | South-East Asia | Lower-Middle | 2010–2012 | retrospective | single center | 30 |
| Mansour et al18 | 2017 | Egypt | Eastern Mediterranean | Lower-Middle | 2011–2016 | retrospective | single center | 113 |
| Luu et al17 | 2020 | Vietnam | Western Pacific | Lower-Middle | 2017–2018 | retrospective | single center | 73 |
| Phuoc et al21 | 2020 | Vietnam | Western Pacific | Lower-Middle | 2017 | retrospective | single center | 37 |
| Mesiano et al19 | 2021 | Indonesia | South-East Asia | Lower-Middle | 2017–2020 | retrospective | single center | 15, MT 14, IVT/MT |
| Ngoc et al20 | 2021 | Vietnam | Western Pacific | Lower-Middle | 2009–2017 | retrospective | multicenter | 269 |
| Vibha et al22 | 2022 | India | South-East Asia | Lower-Middle | 2017–2019 | retrospective | single center | 221 |
| Abstracts | ||||||||
| Nagesh et al25 | 2016 | India | South-East Asia | Lower-Middle | 2012–2016 | retrospective | single center | 28 |
| Salvadeeswaran et al27 | 2016 | India | South-East Asia | Lower-Middle | 2015 | retrospective | single center | 13 |
| Fadli24 | 2017 | Indonesia | South-East Asia | Lower-Middle | – | prospective | single center | 6 |
| Pishjoo et al26 | 2019 | Iran | Eastern Mediterranean | Lower-Middle | 2018–2019 | retrospective | single center | 114 |
| Subir et al28 | 2019 | India | South-East Asia | Lower-Middle | – | prospective | single center | 10 |
| Banga et al23 | 2020 | India | South-East Asia | Lower-Middle | 2018–2019 | retrospective | single center | 13 |
| Viet Phuong et al30 | 2020 | Vietnam | Western Pacific | Lower-Middle | 2018–2019 | retrospective | single center | 36 |
| Tran et al29 | 2021 | Vietnam | Western Pacific | Lower-Middle | 2019–2020 | retrospective | single center | 120 |
Abbreviations: WHO, World Health Organization; mg/kg, milligram per kilogram; MT, mechanical thrombectomy; IVT, intravenous thrombolysis (tissue plasminogen activator); -, data not available.
*Income classification per 2021 World Bank Country Income Classification (https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/906519-world-bank-country-and-lending-groups).