Draft Formal response to agency for healthcare research and quality (AHRQ) technical brief on neurothrombectomy devices in acute ischemic stroke

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 612-621

  Khalessi, Alexander A ^a   Natarajan, Sabareesh K ^b   Binning, Mandy J ^b   Siddiqui, Adnan S ^b   Levy, Elad ^b   Hopkins, L Nelson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Endovascular treatment of ischemic stroke; Large vessle occlusion; Mechanical thrombectomy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NEUROSURGERY; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; STROKE; THROMBECTOMY; ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN ARTERY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; MEDICAL FEE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957788668     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2010.05.012     Document Type: Article

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