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INTRODUCTION[|]To evaluate the data of patients admitted to emergency department of our hospital with acute posterior circulation stroke who underwent intravenous thrombolytic (IVT) and/or mechanical thrombectomy (MT).[¤]METHODS[|]Twenty-two patients with acute posterior circulation stroke between April 2019 and November 2020 who received IVT and/or MT treatment were included in the study. Our hospital has been serving as a comprehensive stroke center since April 2019.[¤]RESULTS[|]55 % (12 M, 10 F) of the patients were male patients, and the average age of all patients was 68 (29-87). 11 of the patients was applied IVT, 3 was IVT+MT and 8 was MT. The mean time between the symptoms onset and their admitting to the emergency service was 95 minutes. The mean time between the door to computerized tomography was 33 minutes, the neurological evaluation to needle time was 73 minutes and to the femoral puncture was 128 minutes. 9% of patients (41%) had mRS≤2 at 3 months, and this was associated with a good prognosis. Due to the fact that our hospital is a pandemic hospital and serves a large group of COVID patients, there have been delays in both imaging and treatment process of acute stroke patients during this period. [¤]DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION[|]Posterior circulation infarcts are one fifth of all ischemic strokes, and basilar artery occlusions (BAO) constitute 1%. In our study, the prognosis of 27% of patients resulted in death. Altho-ugh the male gender was more dominant in these patients and their age was more advanced, statistical significance could not be obtained due to the small number of patients. However, it was determined that the prognosis of cases with high NIHSS at 24th hours and bazilar artery involvement were poor (p |
