Variability in outcome after elective cerebral aneurysm repair in high-volume academic medical centers

Stroke

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1447-1452

  Zacharia, Brad E ^a   Bruce, Samuel S ^a   Carpenter, Amanda M ^a   Hickman, Zachary L ^a   Vaughan, Kerry A ^a   Richards, Catherine ^a   Gold, William E ^b,c   Lu, June ^c   Appelboom, Geoffrey ^a   Solomon, Robert A ^a   Connolly, E Sander ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c Gold Health Strategies   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracranial aneurysm; Neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UNRUPTURED INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; UNRUPTURED INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM REPAIR;

INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; NEUROSURGERY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEW YORK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84899899552     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.004412     Document Type: Article

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