Do Outcomes between Women and Men Differ after Endovascular Thrombectomy? A Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research on the presence of sex-based differences in the outcomes of patients undergoing endovascular thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke has reached differing conclusions.

Purpose

This review aimed to determine whether sex influences the outcome of patients with large-vessel occlusion stroke undergoing endovascular thrombectomy.

Study selection

We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of endovascular thrombectomy studies with either stratified cohort outcomes according to sex (females versus males) or effect size reported for the consequence of sex versus outcomes. We included 33 articles with 7335 patients.

Data analysis

We pooled ORs for the 90-day mRS score, 90-day mortality, symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage, and recanalization.

SUBMITTER: Dmytriw AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8115376 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature