Table 2.

Clinical Characteristic

Clinical Features	Hemicraniectomy group (n=12)	Non-Hemicraniectomy group (n=110)	P Value
Admission NIHSS median (min-max)	19 (11-29)	11( 0- 40)	0.0029§
Onset to PCT in minutes (mean ± SD)	310.55 ± 306.75	502.56 ± 845.90	0.19*
Onset to DWI in minutes (mean ± SD)	877.6± 712.7	975.5 ± 709.4	0.76*
iv t-PA given (%)	4 (33.33)	60(54.55)	0.22‡

NIHSS=National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale;

^*TT=Student’s t test;

^§TST= Two –sample test,

^‡FET=Fisher’s Exact Test