Morbidity and Mortality of Mechanical Thrombectomy in relation to age

Abstract

Acute ischemic stroke is amajor cause of disability .Mechanical thrombectomy is considered a breakthrough in stroke treatment , removing blood clots from the brain leads to better outcomes for stroke patient , including greater independence and mobility .Evaluation the functional outcomes and complication rates with increasing the age of the patient treated with mechanical thrombectomy will help in ideal selection of patient who will undergo mechanical thrombectomy . An intervention study was conducted on 20 patients with acute ischemic stroke at international medical centre, and other private centres. All participants subjected to full history taking, radiological assessment and assessment of the stroke severity. According to the median age of 68.5 years, patients were divided into two groups; patients older than 68.5 years which included 10 patients (5 males and 5 females) and patients younger than 68.5 years which included 10 patients (6 males and 4 females). No significant difference was found between the number of males and females in both groups. Statistical analysis was performed using MedCalc statistical software for Windows (MedCalc Software, Mariakerke, Belgium). Data for continuous variables were expressed as either median, interquartile range and range or mean ± standard deviation and as both number and percentage for categorical data. Categorical data were evaluated using the Chi – squared test. For all tests all P values were two-tailed and a P-value <0.05 was considered significant.