Cost-effectiveness of intraoperative imaging in carotid endarterectomy

Neurosurgery

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 478-484

  Burnett, Mark G ^a,b   Stein, Sherman C ^a   Sonnad, Seema S ^a   Zager, Eric L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Carotid endarterectomy; Cost effectiveness; Decision analysis; Stroke ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CLINICAL TRIALS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION TREES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; META-ANALYSIS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PUBMED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24344496114     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000170565.38340.38     Document Type: Review

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