Perceived acceptable uncertainty regarding comparability of endovascular treatment alone versus intravenous thrombolysis plus endovascular treatment

Conclusion
Physicians would generally feel comfortable skipping IVT before EVT at different certainty thresholds. Most physicians would treat with EVT alone if randomized trial data suggested that the number of patients achieving functional independence at 90 days was similar between the two groups, and one could be sufficiently sure that no more than 3 out of 100 patients would not achieve functional independence at 90 days due to skipping IVT.

Source: Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery - February 14, 2023 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Kaesmacher, J., Mujanovic, A., Treurniet, K., Kappelhof, M., Meinel, T. R., Yang, P., Liu, J., Zhang, Y., Zi, W., Yang, Q., Nogueira, R. G., Kimura, K., Matsumaru, Y., Suzuki, K., Yan, B., Mitchell, P. J., Miao, Z., Roos, Y. B. W. E. M., Majoie, C. B. L. Tags: Open access, Ischemic stroke Source Type: research