Table 1 Characteristics of 16 included studies
Study | Year of publication | No. of patients | No. of patients with successful recanalization | Country | Occlusion time (month) | Clinical follow- up (year) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Finci[23] | 1990 | 200 | 100 | Switzerland | 3 | 2 |
Warren[18] | 1990 | 44 | 26 | Australia | 1 | 2.6 |
Ivanhoe[19] | 1992 | 480 | 317 | America | 3 | 4 |
Noguchi[20] | 2000 | 226 | 134 | Japan | 3 | 4.3 |
Suero[21] | 2001 | 2005 | 1491 | America | 1 | 10 |
Olivari[22] | 2003 | 376 | 289 | Italy | 1 | 1 |
Hoye[8] | 2005 | 871 | 567 | Netherland | 1 | 4.5 |
Drozd[24] | 2006 | 459 | 298 | Poland | 1 | 2.5 |
Prasad[25] | 2007 | 1262 | 914 | America | 3 | 10 |
Aziz[26] | 2007 | 543 | 377 | U.K. | 3 | 1.7 |
Valenti[27] | 2008 | 486 | 344 | Italy | 3 | 1 |
de Labriolle[28] | 2008 | 172 | 127 | America | 3 | 2 |
Zhuyanbin[29] | 2008 | 115 | 81 | China | 3 | 3 |
Chenshaoliang[30] | 2009 | 152 | 132 | China | 3 | 1/3 |
Yixianhua[31] | 2008 | 1604 | 157 | China | 3 | 3 |
Liubingwei[32] | 2008 | 41 | 22 | China | 3 | 2 |