Geographic variation and regional trends in adoption of endovascular techniques for cerebral aneurysms: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1768-1777

  Smith, Gabriel A ^a   Dagostino, Phillip ^b   Maltenfort, Mitchell G ^b   Dumont, Aaron S ^b   Ratliff, John K ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Endovascular technique; National inpatient sample; Regional variation; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTERY CLAMP; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957999354     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.1.JNS101528     Document Type: Article

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