Risk assessment of mechanic thrombectomy on post-stroke seizures: a systematical review and meta-analysis

PurposeWe conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the risk of early and late onset seizures following stroke mechanic thrombectomy (MT) compared with other systematic thrombolytic strategies.MethodsA literature search was conducted to identify articles covering databases (PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library) published from 2000 to 2022. The primary outcome was the incidence of post-stroke epilepsy or seizures following MT or in combination with intravenous thrombolytics therapy. Risk of bias was assessed by recording study characteristics. The study was conducted according to the PRISMA guidelines.ResultsThere were 1346 papers in the search results, and 13 papers were included in the final review.We identified 29,793 patients with stroke, of which 695 had seizures. Pooled incidence of post-stroke seizures had no significant difference between mechanic thrombolytic group and other thrombolytic strategy group (OR=0.95 (95%CI= 0.75-1.21); Z=0.43; p=0.67). In subgroup analysis, mechanic group have a lower risk of post-stroke early onset of seizures (OR=0.59 (95%CI=0.36-0.95); Z=2.18; p<0.05) but showed no significant difference in post-stroke late onset of seizures (OR=0.95 (95%CI= 0.68-1.32); Z=0.32; p=0.75).ConclusionsMT may be associated with a lower risk of post-stroke early onset of seizures, despite MT does not affect the pooled incidence of post-stroke seizures compared with other systematic thrombolytic strategies.