Emergency Conversion to General Anesthesia Is a Tolerable Risk in Patients Undergoing Mechanical Thrombectomy [INTERVENTIONAL]

CONCLUSIONS:
Patients with emergency conversion did not have lower chances of successful reperfusion or functional independence compared those with primary general anesthesia, and time to flow restoration was also similar. We found no evidence supporting the primary induction of general anesthesia in patients at risk for emergency conversion.

Source: American Journal of Neuroradiology - January 9, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Flottmann, F., Leischner, H., Broocks, G., Faizy, T. D., Aigner, A., Deb-Chatterji, M., Thomalla, G., Krauel, J., Issleib, M., Fiehler, J., Brekenfeld, C. Tags: INTERVENTIONAL Source Type: research