Endovascular thrombectomy interventions vs usual care: Functional outcomes
Endovascular thrombectomy interventions leads to higher favourable functional outcome at the end of compared with standard therapy (high certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Endovascular thrombectomy interventions vs standard therapy Favourable functional outcome at the end of · acute ischaemic stroke Endovascular thrombectomy interventions leads to higher favourable functional outcome at the end of compared with standard therapy (high certainty). Endovascular thrombectomy and intra‐arterial interventions for acute ischaemic stroke (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.5 [1.37, 1.63] | 18 studies · 3715 participants | High |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Endovascular thrombectomy and intra‐arterial interventions for acute ischaemic stroke 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.