Table 1:

Comparison of baseline stroke severity and outcome variables between this study and others with the use of a stent retriever in acute basilar artery occlusion

	N(BAO)/N (Total)	NIHSS Initial	Successful Recanalization (TICI 2b–3), %	sICH, %	mRS 0–2 After 90 Days, %	90-Day Mortality, %
Roth et al23	8/22	19	87.5	12.5	37.5	50
Miteff et al24	10/26	31	100 (TIMI 3 in 33)a	10	20	33
Costalat et al25	16/50	?	81 (TICI 3)	6.3	44	25
Dorn et al26	24/108	16	77.9	NA	NA	47.8b
Mordasini et al27	14/14	21	100	0	29	36
Espinosa et al28	18/18	20	94	0	50	22
Mourand et al29	31/31	38	74	16	35	32
Study group	24/24	24	87.5	8	33	29

Note:—N indicates number of patients; NA, not available; sICH, symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage.

^aTIMI (Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction) grade 2 or 3;

^bat discharge.