Stagnation of treatment times over a decade: Results of a pooled analysis from the MERCI registry, MERCI, TREVO, and TREVO 2 trials

Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 453-456

  Gupta, Rishi ^a   Xiang, Bin ^b   Ge, Sijian ^c   Sun, Chung Huan J ^d   Yoo, Albert J ^e   Mehta, Brijesh P ^f  

^a Wellstar Medical Group Neurosurgery   (United States)

^b Prospect Analytical   (United States)

^c Stryker Orthopaedics   (United States)

^d Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Memorial Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; RANKIN SCALE; REPERFUSION; TREND STUDY; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; META ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; STROKE; THROMBECTOMY; TIME FACTOR; TIME TO TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; REGISTRIES; STROKE; THROMBECTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84963785337     PISSN: 17598478     EISSN: 17598486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2014-011626     Document Type: Article

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