Table 2.
Main baseline data of included patients.
| Study | Group (n) |
Age
(years) |
Male,
n(%) |
Admission
NIHSS |
Admission
ASPECTS |
IV tPA,
n(%) |
Procedural
duration (min) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lockau et al. (22) | AGA (12) RGA (25) |
64 (36–89) 62 (40–84) |
7 (58.3) 20 (80.0) |
17 (3–30) 17 (5–27) |
NA | 6 (50.0) 14 (56.0) |
130.2 ± 45.1 58.6 ± 26.1 |
| Puri et al. (23) | AGA (24) RGA (4) |
58.7 (30–83) | 19 (67.8) | 18 (2–28) | NA | 7 (27.3) | NA |
| Moptsaris et al. (24) | AGA (17) RGA (46) |
67 (33–84) | 49 (78) | 14 (1–29) | NA | 33(52) | 110 (15–208) 125 (45–212) |
| Eker et al. (14) | AGA (46) RGA (75) |
70 (63–79) 70 (63–76) |
31 (67.4) 59 (78.7) |
18 (13–21) 16 (10–19) |
NA | NA | 95 (53–141) 82 (61–109) |
| Maus et al. (15) | AGA (101) RGA (70) |
64 ± 12 67 ± 12 |
66 (65) 52 (74) |
15 ± 6 16 ± 6 |
NA | 65 (64) 41 (59) |
103 ± 46 123 ± 56 |
| Yang et al. (12) | AGA (31) RGA (29) |
64 (60–70) 60 (41–68) |
24 (77.4) 27 (93.1) |
NA | NA | 8 (25.8) 13 (44.8) |
125 (86–167) 116 (91–179) |
| Luu et al. (27) | AGA (10) RGA (7) |
70.5 ± 10.7 69.9 ± 6.1 |
10 (100) 6 (85.7) |
15.2 (7–20) 18.6 (14–24) |
7.4 ± 0.8 7.9 ± 1.3 | 3 (30) 7 (100) |
82.2 ± 37.9 55.4 ± 15.8 |
| Neuberger et al. (13) | AGA (85) RGA (77) |
73.3 ± 11.5 | 124 (76.5) | 16 (11–20) | NA | NA | NA |
| Park et al. (26) | AGA (56) RGA (20) |
70.5 ± 10.9 75.2 ± 11.1 |
46 (82) 17 (85) |
12 (8–15) 13 (7–15) |
8 (7–10) 9 (8–10) |
NA | 36 (25–55) 33 (27–40) |
| Feil et al. (28) | AGA (267) RGA (227) |
69.3 ± 11.9 67.5 ± 11.2 |
184 (68.9) 163 (71.8) |
14 (9–18) 14 (10–18) |
8 (7–10) 8 (7–10) |
145 (54.3) 141 (62.1) |
72 (50–101.5) 53.5 (36–78) |
| Haussen et al. (25) | AGA (182) RGA (107) |
67.2 ± 10.5 65.9 ± 10.5 |
119 (65.4) 68 (64.2) |
15.7 ± 5.9 15.8 ± 6.2 |
8 (7–10) 7 (6–8) |
112 (61.5) 63 (58.9) |
70 (50–102) 56 (39–90) |
Data was expressed as mean ± SD, median (IQR), or n(%).
SD, standard deviation; IQR, interquartile range; AGA, Antegrade approach; RGA, Retrograde approach; NIHSS, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; ASPECTS, Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score; IV tPA, intravenous tissue plasminogen activator; NA, not available.