The clinical improvement of these patients 24 hours after the procedure and at discharge demonstrate the effectiveness of endovascular treatment in ischemic stroke. The presence neurologists able to interpret multimodal images at the emergency room, the use of local guidelines, the availability of an experienced neuro-interventional team engaged with the workflow and the use of stent retrievers are strongly associated with good outcomes.

Objective: In this study we tried to find out the incidence of seizure in cases of stroke and the rationality of giving antiepileptic drugs in these cases. Patients and methods / Material and methods: We studied 1039 case of stroke in our clinic out of which 702 were males and 337 were females. We included both new and old cases presenting to our clinic for the first time. We enquired whether they had seizure after stroke and whether they received antiepileptics. Those who had seizure within 30 days of stoke were labelled as "early" cases and those who had seizure after 30 days were called as "late" cases. New cases of stroke (except sub-arachnoid hemorrhage) were not put on antiepileptics unless they had a seizure. Results: The incidence of seizure in our cases of stroke was 13.5%. Recurrence in spite of antiepileptics was seen in 41.4% cases. Conclusion: Seizure was not common in cases of stroke. Prophylactic antiepileptic drugs did not prevent seizure in cases of stroke.