Acute symptomatic seizures and epilepsy after mechanical thrombectomy. A prospective long-term follow-up study.

IntroductionNew treatments for acute ischaemic stroke, such as mechanical thrombectomy, can achieve reperfusion of large tissue. Some studies have suggested that therapies increase the risk suffering symptomatic seizure (ASS) and poststroke epilepsy (PSE). The aim study was to determine incidence ASS PSE in patients undergoing related factors.Patients methodsThis a retrospective single-centre including with stroke NIHSS> 8 treated thrombectomy follow-up ?5 years. We evaluated several epidemiological, radiological, clinical electroencephalographic variables.ResultsOf 344 included patients, 21 (6.1%) presented ASS, 53 (15.40%) died phase, 13 (4.46%) during first year. degree (p 0.029), advanced age 0.035), haemorrhagic transformation 0.038) increased being an independent factor, OR 2.02 (1.21-4.64).The 4.12% year, 3.72% second, 1.61% fifth. accumulated at 5 years 8.93%. Related factor < 0.001), yielding value 2.00 (1.28-3.145).ConclusionsThrombectomy doesn´t ASS. A higher percentage reperfusion, age, are associated is PSE.In terms mortality, having suffered and/or does not or long-term mortality.