Mohamed M Salem, Georgios S Sioutas, Jane Khalife, Okkes Kuybu, Kate Caroll, Alex Nguyen Hoang, Ammad A Baig, Mira Salih, Mirhojjat Khorasanizadeh, Cordell Baker, Aldo A Mendez, Gustavo Cortez, Zachary A Abecassis, Juan F Ruiz Rodriguez, Jason M Davies, Sandra Narayanan, C Michael Cawley, Howard A Riina, Justin M Moore, Alejandro M Spiotta, Alexander A Khalessi, Brian M Howard, Ricardo Hanel, Omar Tanweer, Daniel A Tonetti, Adnan H Siddiqui, Michael J Lang, Elad I Levy, Peter Kan, Tudor Jovin, Ramesh Grandhi, Visish M Srinivasan, Christopher S Ogilvy, Bradley A Gross, Brian T Jankowitz, Ajith J Thomas, Michael R Levitt, Jan-Karl Burkhardt
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The choice of anesthesia type (general anesthesia [GA] vs nongeneral anesthesia [non-GA]) in middle meningeal artery embolization (MMAE) procedures for chronic subdural hematomas (cSDH) differs between institutions and left to care team discretion given lack of standard guidelines. We compare the outcomes of GA vs non-GA in MMAE. METHODS: Consecutive patients receiving MMAE for cSDH at 14 North American centers (2018-2023) were included...
February 27, 2024: Neurosurgery