Mechanical thrombectomy of large vessel occlusion in acute ischemic stroke: A single-center study

Thrombectomy outcomes for acute ischemic stroke in lower-middle income countries: A systematic review and analysis

“…From these, an additional 58 were excluded. Seven full text articles 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 and 8 abstracts 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 were included after final article selection. One of the articles (Mesiano et al) described two thrombectomy populations including one group that received both thrombolysis and thrombectomy versus thrombectomy alone with specific and separate patient data for each group.…”

“…Articles and abstracts included in our analysis originated from 5 different countries including Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran and Vietnam that are all in the LMIC WHO classification. 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 No publications from LIC were identified. Thirteen studies were retrospective 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 29 , 30 and 2 were prospective.…”

“… 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 No publications from LIC were identified. Thirteen studies were retrospective 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 29 , 30 and 2 were prospective. 24 , 28 Eleven studies had high quality data and 4 had moderate quality (Supplementary Table 1).…”

“…Ten studies provided data on the median or mean age of patients undergoing MT in the LMIC, and it ranged from 49 to 62 years. 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 24 , 26 , 29 A female-to-male ratio was provided in 6 of 15 studies, and the percentage of women ranged from 13 to 70%. 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 21 , 26 Nine of 15 studies provided data on the percentage of patients receiving IV tPA, and the rates ranged from 0 to 100%.…”

“… 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 24 , 26 , 29 A female-to-male ratio was provided in 6 of 15 studies, and the percentage of women ranged from 13 to 70%. 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 21 , 26 Nine of 15 studies provided data on the percentage of patients receiving IV tPA, and the rates ranged from 0 to 100%. 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 21 , 24 , 28 , 30 In 8 of 15 studies, the distribution of large vessel occlusions for the patient population was described.…”