Treatment of Ruptured Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysms: Equipoise in the Endovascular Era?
CONCLUSION: Ruptured ACoA aneurysms, regardless of size and projection, were safely treated by both treatment modalities in a large-scale randomized clinical trial. Clinical outcomes and stroke rates did not differ significantly in as-treated or intention-to-treat analyses.
ABBREVIATIONS: ACoA, anterior communicating artery
BRAT, Barrow Ruptured Aneurysm Trial
ITT, intention-to-treat
mRS, modified Rankin Scale
Source: Neurosurgery - Category: Neurosurgery Tags: Research-Human-Clinical Studies Source Type: research
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