General anesthesia vs local anesthesia during mechanical thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke

To investigate the effect of general anesthesia (GA) on functional outcomes and complications rates in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients treated with mechanical thrombectomy (MT) compared to the use of local anesthesia (LA) at the puncture site.

Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - May 29, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Longfei Wu, Ashutosh P. Jadhav, Wenbo Zhao, Di Wu, Jian Chen, Shuyi Yang, Chuanjie Wu, Chuanhui Li, Jiangang Duan, Yuchuan Ding, Xunming Ji Source Type: research