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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 26.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurointerv Surg. 2021 Jan 13;13(3):212–216. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2020-016869

TABLE 1.

FPE AND MFPE RATES

THROMBECTOMY TECHNIQUE Number of Studies (percentage) FPE Rate ( 95% CI) I2 heterogeneity
ASPIRATION 12 (30 %) 29 (22–37)% 90% P-value
STENT RETRIEVER 18 (45%) 34 (28–40)% 92% 0.17
COMBINATION 3 (7.5%) 26 (20–32)% 0%
NOT SPECIFIED 7 (17.5%) 27 (22–32)% 87%
OVERALL 40 28 (26–32)% 90%
mFPE Rate ( 95% CI)
ASPIRATION 21 (34%) 48% (40–55) 93% P-value
STENT RETRIEVER 30 (48%) 48% (44–53) 90% 0.20
COMBINATION 5 (8%) 58% (48–68) 66%
NOT SPECIFIED 7 (10%) 34% (28–40) 89%
OVERALL 63 45% (42–48) 92%

FPE: First pass effect; mFPE: modified first pass effect.