Endovascular treatment vs drug therapy alone in patients with mild ischemic stroke and large infarct cores

Table 1 National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score compared between the two at different time points (mean ± SD)

Groups	n	Before the operation	24 h after the operation	7 d after the operation	Before discharge
Endovascular treatment group	50	16.43 ± 6.34	12.23 ± 5.63	10.35 ± 4.01	6.83 ± 1.23
Medical treatment group	50	17.09 ± 5.98	14.11 ± 6.03	12.38 ± 5.22	8.23 ± 2.09
t value		1.023	4.522	7.093	13.12
P value		0.276	0.042	0.024	0.001

Table 2 Incidence of early deterioration of neurological function, n (%)

Groups	n	Repeated vascular occlusion	Tissue edema	Cerebral hemorrhage	Overall incidence
Endovascular treatment	50	3 (6.0)	1 (2.0)	0 (0.0)	4 (8.0)
Medical treatment group	50	5 (10.0)	3 (6.0)	1 (2.0)	9 (18.0)
χ2 value					9.234
P value					0.001

Table 3 Comparison of the modified Rankin scale and activity of daily living scores between the two groups (mean ± SD)

Groups	n	mRS score	ADL score
Endovascular treatment	50	4.11 ± 0.24	59.93 ± 15.73
Medical treatment group	50	5.09 ± 0.83	46.71 ± 16.22
t value		6.172	5.522
P value		0.031	0.035

mRS: Modified Rankin scale; ADL: Activity of daily living.