Completion angiography for surgically treated cerebral aneurysms: An economic analysis

Neurosurgery

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1162-1167

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral aneurysm; Cerebral angiography; Cost benefit analysis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM CLIP; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MARKOV CHAINS; MEDLINE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 37649017380     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000306093.15270.8e     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. Alexander TD, Macdonald RL, Weir B, Kowalczuk A: Intraoperative angiography in cerebral aneurysm surgery: Aprospective study of 100 craniotomies. Neurosurgery 39:10-18, 1996.
2. Allcock JM, Drake CG: Postoperative angiography in cases of ruptured intracranial aneurysm. J Neurosurg 20:752-759, 1963.
3. American Health Care Association. A Report On Shortfalls In Medicaid Funding For Nursing Home Care. http://www.ahca.org/brief/seidmanstudy0312.pdf. Accessed 7/3/2006.
4. Aoki N, Beck, Kitahara T, Ohbu S, Soma K, Ohwada T, Cone RW, Fukui T: Reanalysis of unruptured intracranial aneurysm management: Effect of a new international study on the threshold probabilities. Med Decis Making 21:87-96, 2001.
5. Arias E: United States life tables, 2000. Natl Vital Stat Rep 51:1-38, 2002.
6. Bae HJ, Yoon DS, Lee J, Kim BK, Koo JS, Kwon O, Park JM: In-hospital medical complications and long-term mortality after ischemic stroke. Stroke 36:2441-2445, 2005.
7. Barrow DL, Boyer KL, Joseph GJ: Intraoperative angiography in the management of neurovascular disorders. Neurosurgery 30:153-159, 1992.
8. Bauer BL: Intraoperative angiography in cerebral aneurysm and AV-malformation. Neurosurg Rev 7:209-217, 1984.
9. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Acute Inpatient Prospective Payment System. Data Files for Final Notice for Fiscal Year 2005. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ AcuteInpatientPPS/01_overview.asp. Accessed 7/3/2006.
10. Chiang VL, Gailloud P, Murphy KJ, Rigamonti D, Tamargo RJ: Routine intraoperative angiography during aneurysm surgery. J Neurosurg 96:988-992, 2002.
11. Cummins BH, Griffith HB, Thomson JL: Per-operative cerebral angiography. Br J Radiol 47:257-260, 1974.
12. David CA, Vishteh AG, Spetzler RF, Lemole M, Lawton MT, Partovi S: Late angiographic follow-up review of surgically treated aneurysms. J Neurosurg 91:396-401, 1999.
13. Derdeyn CP, Moran CJ, Cross DT, Grubb RL, Dacey RG: Intraoperative digital subtraction angiography: Areview of 112 consecutive examinations. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 16:307-318, 1995.
14. Drake CG, Allcock JM: Postoperative angiography and the "slipped" clip. J Neurosurg 39:683-689, 1973.
15. Drake CG, Vanderlinden RG: The late consequences of incomplete surgical treatment of cerebral aneurysms. J Neurosurg 27:226-238, 1967.
16. Einarson TR: Pharmacoeconomic applications of meta-analysis for single groups using antifungal onychomycosis lacquers as an example. Clin Ther 19:538-569, 1997.
17. Feuerberg I, Lindquist C, Lindqvist M, Steiner L: Natural history of postoperative aneurysm rests. J Neurosurg 66:30-34, 1987.
18. Flamm ES: Suction decompression of aneurysms. Technical note. J Neurosurg 54:275-276, 1981.
19. Gold M, Siegel J, Russell L, Weinstein M: Cost-effectiveness in Health and Medicine. New York, Oxford University Press, 1996.
20. Grossart KW, Turner JW: Per-operative angiography in cerebral vascular surgery. Clin Radiol 25:279-292, 1974.
21. Hieshima GB, Reicher MA, Higashida RT, Halbach VV, Cahan LD, Martin NA, Frazee JG, Rand RW, Bentson JR: Intraoperative digital subtraction neuroangiography: A diagnostic and therapeutic tool. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 8:759-767, 1987.
22. Holland NR: Subcortical strokes from intracranial aneurysm surgery: Implications for intraoperative neuromonitoring. J Clin Neurophysiol 15:439-446, 1998.
23. Kallmes DF, Kallmes MH: Cost-effectiveness of angiography performed during surgery for ruptured intracranial aneurysms. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 18:1453-1462, 1997.
24. Kallmes DF, Kallmes MH, Lanzino G, Kassell NF, Jensen ME, Helm GA: Routine angiography after surgery for ruptured intracranial aneurysms: A cost versus benefit analysis. Neurosurgery 41:629-641, 1997.
25. Kammersgaard LP, Jørgensen HS, Rungby JA, Reith J, Nakayama H, Weber UJ, Houth J, Olsen TS: Admission body temperature predicts long-term mortality after acute stroke: The Copenhagen Stroke Study. Stroke 33:1759-1762, 2002.
26. Katz JM, Gologorsky Y, Tsiouris AJ, Wells-Roth D, Mascitelli J, Gobin YP, Stieg PE, Riina HA: Is routine intraoperative angiography in the surgical treatment of cerebral aneurysms justified? A consecutive series of 147 aneurysms. Neurosurgery 58:719-727, 2006.
27. King JT Jr, Berlin JA, Flamm ES: Morbidity and mortality from elective surgery for asymptomatic, unruptured, intracranial aneurysms: Ameta-analysis. J Neurosurg 81:837-842, 1994.
28. Kivisaari RP, Porras M, Ohman J, Siironen J, Ishii K, Hernesniemi J: Routine cerebral angiography after surgery for saccular aneurysms: Is it worth it? Neurosurgery 55:1015-1024, 2004.
29. Klopfenstein JD, Spetzler RF, Kim LJ, Feiz-Erfan I, Han PP, Zabramski JM, Porter RW, Albuquerque FC, McDougall CG, Fiorella DJ: Comparison of routine and selective use of intraoperative angiography during aneurysm surgery: A prospective assessment. J Neurosurg 100:230-235, 2004.
30. Krieger D, Adams HP, Albert F, von Haken M, Hacke W: Pure motor hemiparesis with stable somatosensory evoked potential monitoring during aneurysm surgery: Case report. Neurosurgery 31:145-150, 1992.
31. Le Roux PD, Elliott JP, Eskridge JM, Cohen W, Winn HR: Risks and benefits of diagnostic angiography after aneurysm surgery: Aretrospective analysis of 597 studies. Neurosurgery 42:1248-1255, 1998.
32. Macdonald RL, Wallace MC, Kestle JR: Role of angiography following aneurysm surgery. J Neurosurg 79:826-832, 1993.
33. Manninen PH, Patterson S, Lam AM, Gelb AW, Nantau WE: Evoked potential monitoring during posterior fossa aneurysm surgery: A comparison of two modalities. Can J Anaesth 41:92-97, 1994.
34. Martin NA, Bentson J, Viñuela F, Hieshima G, Reicher M, Black K, Dion J, Becker D: Intraoperative digital subtraction angiography and the surgical treatment of intracranial aneurysms and vascular malformations. J Neurosurg 73:526-533, 1990.
35. Matsuda M, Kidooka M, Nakazawa T, Kyoshima K, Handa J: Intraoperative monitoring of somatosensory evoked potentials in patients with cerebral aneurysm - Correlation between central conduction time and postoperative neurological status. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 31:13-17, 1991.
36. Origitano TC, Schwartz K, Anderson D, Azar-Kia B, Reichman OH: Optimal clip application and intraoperative angiography for intracranial aneurysms. Surg Neurol 51:117-128, 1999.
37. Payner TD, Horner TG, Leipzig TJ, Scott JA, Gilmor RL, DeNardo AJ: Role of intraoperative angiography in the surgical treatment of cerebral aneurysms. J Neurosurg 88:441-448, 1998.
38. Raabe A, Beck J, Gerlach R, Zimmermann M, Seifert V: Near-infrared indocyanine green video angiography: A new method for intraoperative assessment of vascular flow. Neurosurgery 52:132-139, 2003.
39. Raabe A, Beck J, Seifert V: Technique and image quality of intraoperative indocyanine green angiography during aneurysm surgery using surgical microscope integrated near-infrared video technology. Zentralbl Neurochir 66:1-8, 2005.
40. Raabe A, Nakaji P, Beck J, Kim LJ, Hsu FP, Kamerman JD, Seifert V, Spetzler RF: Prospective evaluation of surgical microscope-integrated intraoperative near-infrared indocyanine green videoangiography during aneurysm surgery. J Neurosurg 103:982-989, 2005.
41. Rauzzino MJ, Quinn CM, Fisher WS: Angiography after aneurysm surgery: Indications for "selective" angiography. Surg Neurol 49:32-41, 1998.
42. Samson DS, Hodosh RM, Reid WR, Beyer CW, Clark WK: Risk of intracranial aneurysm surgery in the good grade patient: Early versus late operation. Neurosurgery 5:422-426, 1979.
43. Sato S, Suzuki J: Prognosis in cases of intracranial aneurysm after incomplete direct operations. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 24:245-252, 1971.
44. Satoh T, Onoda K, Tsuchimoto S: Intraoperative evaluation of aneurysmal architecture: Comparative study with transluminal images of 3D MR and CT angiograms. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 24:1975-1981, 2003.
45. Schick U, Dohnert J, Meyer JJ, Vitzthum HE: Effects of temporary clips on somatosensory evoked potentials in aneurysm surgery. Neurocrit Care 2:141-149, 2005.
46. Schramm J, Zentner J, Pechstein U: Intraoperative SEP monitoring in aneurysm surgery. Neurol Res 16:20-22, 1994.
47. Steven JL: Postoperative angiography in treatment of intracranial aneurysms. Acta Radiol Diagn (Stockh) 5:536-548, 1966.
48. Sullivan PW, Lawrence WF, Ghushchyan V: Anational catalog of preference-based scores for chronic conditions in the United States. Med Care 43:736-749, 2005.
49. Suzuki J, Kwak R, Katakura R: Review of incompletely occluded surgically treated cerebral aneurysms. Surg Neurol 13:306-310, 1980.
50. Tang G, Cawley CM, Dion JE, Barrow DL: Intraoperative angiography during aneurysm surgery: A prospective evaluation of efficacy. J Neurosurg 96:993-999, 2002.
51. Thornton J, Debrun GM, Aletich VA, Bashir Q, Charbel FT, Ausman J: Follow-up angiography of intracranial aneurysms treated with endovascular placement of Guglielmi detachable coils. Neurosurgery 50:239-250, 2002.
52. Vitaz TW, Gaskill-Shipley M, Tomsick T, Tew JM: Utility, safety, and accuracy of intraoperative angiography in the surgical treatment of aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 20:1457-1461, 1999.
53. Ward RP, Don CW, Furlong KT, Lang RM: Predictors of long-term mortality in patients with ischemic stroke referred for transesophageal echocardiography. Stroke 37:204-208, 2006.
54. Willinsky RA, Taylor SM, TerBrugge K, Farb RI, Tomlinson G, Montanera W: Neurologic complications of cerebral angiography: prospective analysis of 2,899 procedures and review of the literature. Radiology 227:522-528, 2003.
55. Yanaka K, Asakawa H, Noguchi S, Matsumaru Y, Hyodo A, Anno I, Meguro K, Nose T: Intraoperative angiography evaluation of the microsurgical clipping of unruptured cerebral aneurysms. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 42:193-201, 2002.