Mechanical Thrombectomy with Intra-arterial Thrombolysis versus Mechanical Thrombectomy Alone in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Adnan I QureshiAbdullah LodhiIqra N AkhtarXiaoyu MaDanish KheraniChun Shing KwokDaniel E FordDaniel F HanleyAmeer E HassanThanh N NguyenAlejandro M SpiottaSyed F ZaidiPublished in: International journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society (2023)
Although the odds of functional independence appeared to be higher with IAT and MT compared with MT alone, none of the results were statistically significant. A prominent effect of the design and quality of the studies was observed on the association between IAT and functional independence at 90 days.