Kareem El Naamani, Arbaz A Momin, Adam Hunt, Paarth Jain, Yazan Shamli Oghli, Marc Ghanem, Basel Musmar, Omar El Fadel, Abdulaziz Alhussein, Reyoof Alhussein, Vinay Pedapati, Eti Muharremi, Jad El-Hajj, Stavropoula I Tjoumakaris, M Reid Gooch, Nabeel A Herial, Hekmat Zarzour, Richard F Schmidt, Robert H Rosenwasser, Pascal M Jabbour
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The 30-day readmission rate has emerged as a metric of quality care and is associated with increased health care expenditure. We aim to identify the rate and causes of 30-day readmission after mechanical thrombectomy and provide the risk factors of readmission to highlight high-risk patients who may require closer care. METHODS: This is a retrospective study from a prospectively maintained database of 703 patients presenting for mechanical thrombectomy between 2017 and 2023...
January 15, 2024: Neurosurgery