Influence of mechanical thrombectomy on the incidence of isolated striatocapsular infarction and a description of its clinical characteristics

• Published in: Revista de neurologiá Vol. 68; no. 6; pp. 236 - 240
• Main Authors: Sancho-Saldana, A, Tejada-Meza, H, Serrano-Ponz, M, Aladren-Sangros, J A, Navasa-Melado, J M, Seral-Moral, P, Marta-Moreno, J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Spain 16-03-2019
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cerebral Infarction - diagnosis; Cerebral Infarction - epidemiology; Cerebral Infarction - therapy; Female; Humans; Incidence; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Middle Aged; Postoperative Complications - diagnosis; Postoperative Complications - epidemiology; Postoperative Complications - therapy; Retrospective Studies; Thrombectomy - methods
• ISSN: 1576-6578
• DOI: 10.33588/rn.6806.2018263

The great vulnerability of the striatocapsular region to ischaemia means that mechanical thrombectomy has its limitations in occlusions of large-calibre vessels when it comes to preventing the striatocapsular region from undergoing infarction.
To analyse the effect of endovascular treatment on the incidence of isolated striatocapsular infarction (iSCI) and to describe its clinical characteristics.
We conducted a retrospective study to analyse the incidence of iSCI following treatment of cerebral reperfusion. The baseline and clinical characteristics of the patients identified with iSCI and the incidence of iSCI is compared between two groups according to the availability of mechanical thrombectomy: one (pre-thrombectomy group) that received intravenous fibrinolysis as the only treatment for cerebral reperfusion available in that moment; and another (post-thrombectomy group) that received a mechanical thrombectomy with or without intravenous fibrinolysis.
Of the 390 patients who received reperfusion, 8.2% had iSCI. Of the 135 patients treated with intravenous fibrinolysis, 4.4% (n = 6) developed iSCI (pre-thrombectomy group), and of the 255 patients treated in the post-thrombectomy group, iSCI was observed in 10.2%. The statistical analysis of the incidence of iSCI between the two groups showed significant differences (p = 0.034). A sensory-motor clinical picture was the most frequent among the patients with iSCI (63.33%), with a frequency of cortical symptoms of 55.17%.
According to the data, there has been an increase in the incidence of iSCI in our setting following the establishment of mechanical thrombectomy.