Table 3 Subgroup comparison of patients with successful recanalization (≥ TICI 2b) with the SMT cohort (Table 3a) and patients with unsuccessful recanalization (< TICI 2b) with the SMT cohort (Table 3b).

From: Mechanical thrombectomy of distal cerebral vessel occlusions of the anterior circulation

3a

 

Before PSM

After 1:1 PSM

MT

SMT

P

MT

SMT

P

Subgroup

≥ TICI 2b

≥ TICI 2b

N

35

90

 

30

41

 

NIHSS improvement

Median

5

1.5

0.000

5

1.0

0.010

IQR

1.0–8.0

0.0–4.0

1.0–8.25

0.0–5.0

mRS improvement

Median

1

0

0.024

1

0.0

0.098

IQR

0.0–2.0

0.0–1.0

0.0–2.25

0.0–1.0

mRS improvement ≥ 1 (N)

23

37

0.017

19

15

0.027

%

65.7%

41.1%

63.3%

36.6%

SH (N)

1

2

1.0

1

1

1.0

%

2.9%

2.2%

3.3%

2.4%

iHM (N)

3

6

0.709

3

5

1.0

%

8.6%

6.7%

10.0%

12.2%

3b

 

Before PSM

After 1:1 PSM

MT

SMT

P

MT

SMT

P

Subgroup

< TICI 2b

< TICI 2b

N

13

90

 

11

41

 

NIHSS improvement

Median

0

1.5

0.115

0

1

0.304

IQR

− 5.0–2.0

0.0–4.0

− 5.0–2.0

0.0–5.0

mRS improvement

Median

0

0

0.083

0

0

0.274

IQR

− 1.0–1.0

0.0–1.0

− 1.0–2.0

0.0–1.0

mRS improvement ≥ 1 (N)

3

37

0.243

3

15

0.727

%

23.1%

41.1%

27.3%

36.6%

SH (N)

1

2

0.336

0

1

1.0

%

7.7%

2.2%

0.0%

2.4%

iHM (N)

2

6

0.265

1

5

1.0

%

15.4%

6.7%

9.1%

12.2%

  1. Significant values are shown in bold.
  2. SH symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage, iHM in-house mortality, SMT standard medical therapy, MT mechanical thrombectomy, IQR interquartile range, mRS modified rankin scale, NIHSS national institute of health stroke scale, TICI thrombolysis in cerebral infarction score, PSM propensity score matching.