Discrepancy between early neurological course and mid-term outcome in older stroke patients after mechanical thrombectomy

Conclusions Older patients exhibit a similar early neurological course and responsiveness to mechanical thrombectomy as younger patients, but this is not reflected in mid-term functional outcome scores. This indicates that post-stroke complications and other factors that are not, or only indirectly, related to the brain tissue damage induced by the incident stroke have a dominant role in their poor prognosis.

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Source: Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery - June 13, 2016 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Kleine, J. F., Boeckh-Behrens, T., Prothmann, S., Zimmer, C., Liebig, T., Poppert Tags: Ischemic stroke Source Type: research