[A prognosis scale for functional outcome at discharge after endovascular thrombectomy in the carotid artery...

To develop a method for early (24 hrs after intervention) prognosis of functional outcome at discharge in patients after endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) in anterior cerebral circulation based on NIHSS.

A retrospective analysis of endovascular treatment in 362 acute stroke patients (189 men, 173 women, median age 69 years) with anterior circulation large vessel occlusion was performed in the regional vascular centers of St. Petersburg.

The original scale (S10-10) developed for prognosis of functional outcome at discharge is based on total scores on 3 patterns: NIHSS 24 hrs after EVT (10 and less - 1, greater than 10 - 2), NIHSS improvement 24 hrs (greater than 10 - 0, 1-10 - 1, 0 and less - 2), older than 78 yr - 1. According to the total score, 5 grades are determined: 1 (good, mRs 0-2 75%, mRs 3-5 25%, mRs 6 0%), 2 (favorable, mRs 0-2 66%, mRs 3-5 26%, mRs 6 8%), 3 (unfavorable, mRs 0-2 14%, mRs 3-5 68%, mRs 6 18%), 4 (unfavorable with high mortality, mRs 0-2 1%, mRs 3-5 52%, mRs 6 47%), 5 (highly negative, mRs 0-2 0%, mRs 3-5 16%, mRs 6 84%). S10-10 greater than 2 indicates unfavorable prognosis. The scale allows accurate prognosis of functional outcome at discharge (AUC 0.89; AUC 0.84 in a validation cohort) and length of in-patient staying and time to death for S10-10 greater than 2.

Accurate prognosis of functional outcome at discharge can be done 24 hrs after EVT in anterior cerebral circulation based on the widely used neurological scale (NIHSS) taking into account patient age.