The comparison of STA-MCA bypass and BMT for symptomatic internal carotid artery occlusion disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of long-term outcome

Table 2 Overview of included studies

Author	Year	Mean follow-up (months)	Patients (n)	Interventions (n)		Any stroke or death within 2 years
Author	Year	Mean follow-up (months)	Patients (n)	STA-MCA bypass	BMT	Any stroke or death within 2 years
Tanahashi et al.	1985	29	60	38	22	42
IEIBS	1985	55.8	1377	663	714	413
Powers et al.	2011	24	195	97	98	40
Ogawa et al.	2012	24	206	103	103	24
Grubb et al.	2013	20 ± 3	190	93	98	6
Ma et al.	2016	24	195	97	98	42
Nahab et al.	2019	24	195	97	98	42

STA-MCA bypass Superficial temporal artery-middle cerebral artery bypass, BMT Best medical therapy, RCT Randomized controlled trial, NA Not available, IEIBS an International multicenter randomized controlled study, IEIBS, funded by the US National Institutes of Health

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