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. 2020 Apr 24;30(9):5039–5047. doi: 10.1007/s00330-020-06837-2

Table 2.

Dose area product (DAP) of endovascular stroke treatment according to the number of thrombectomy attempts

Patients receiving mechanical thrombectomy DAP (Gy cm2) Median increase of DAP due to each additional thrombectomy attempt (Gy cm2) Median increase of DAP due to each additional thrombectomy attempt (%) p value
Number of thrombectomy attempts Patients, n Mean (SD) Median IQR MIN-MAX
1 204 88.6 (65.1) 68.7 51.2–106.8 11.6–470.6
2 122 123.8 (60.9) 106.4 84.8–155.6 31.2–456.9 37.7 54.9 < 0.001
3 79 143.4 (71.8) 130.2 89.1–183.6 41–391.5 23.9 22.4 0.044
4 59 181.8 (75.5) 169.9 128.4–244.1 60.1–375.3 39.7 30.5 0.001
5 31 246.3 (140.7) 227.6 146.3–294.6 73.7–773.6 57.6 33.9 0.019
≥ 6 49 261.6 (115.9) 242.2 183.8–332.7 62–597 14.7 6.4 0.346