Review Article

An Overview of Meta-Analyses of Endovascular Bridging Therapies for Acute Ischemic Stroke

Table 3

Efficacy outcomes of mRS score from the pooled data.

Author (year)OR95% CI value

ET + IVT versus IVT: mRS score (0–6)
 Badhiwala et al. 20151.561.14–2.130.0005
 Goyal et al. 20162.261.67–3.060.0001
 Bush et al. 20162.471.92–3.180.0001
 Campbell et al. 20162.41.8–3.00.0001
IAT versus IVT: mRS score (0-1)
 Lee et al. 20102.141.31–3.510.003
 Fields et al. 20111.971.15–3.350.01
IAT versus IVT: mRS score (0–2)
 Lee et al. 20102.051.33–3.140.001
 Fields et al. 20111.861.15–2.990.01
EBT versus IVT: Fargen et al. 2015
 mRS score (0-1)1.220.97–1.530.09
 mRS score (0–2)1.271.04–1.540.018
 mRS score (0–3)1.251.04–1.510.019

EBT: endovascular bridging therapies; ET: endovascular thrombectomy; IAT: intra-arterial pharmacologic thrombolysis; IVT: intravenous rt-PA; mRS: modified Rankin scale; OR: odds ratio; and 95% CI: 95% confidence interval.