Thrombectomy with Conscious Sedation Compared with General Anesthesia: A DEFUSE 3 Analysis [INTERVENTIONAL]

CONCLUSIONS:
Patients who underwent thrombectomy with conscious sedation in the extended time window experienced a higher likelihood of functional independence at 90 days, a lower NIHSS score at 24 hours, and a shorter time from femoral puncture to reperfusion compared with those who had general anesthesia. This effect remained robust in institutions that only treated patients with a single anesthesia technique.

Source: American Journal of Neuroradiology - June 11, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Powers, C. J., Dornbos, D., Mlynash, M., Gulati, D., Torbey, M., Nimjee, S. M., Lansberg, M. G., Albers, G. W., Marks, M. P. Tags: INTERVENTIONAL Source Type: research