General anesthesia or conscious sedation for thrombectomy in stroke patients: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis

CONCLUSIONS: In this updated systematic review and meta-analysis, the choice of anesthetic strategy for endovascular treatment of stroke patients did not significantly impact functional outcome as measured with the mRS at three months. Patients managed with general anesthesia may have more frequent successful reperfusion.TRIAL REGISTRATION: PROSPERO (CRD42022319368); registered 19 April 2022.PMID:37268801 | DOI:10.1007/s12630-023-02481-8

Source: Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia - June 2, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Federico Geraldini Paolo Diana Davide Fregolent Alessandro De Cassai Annalisa Boscolo Tommaso Pettenuzzo Nicol ò Sella Irene Lupelli Paolo Navalesi Marina Munari Source Type: research