Disparities among neurointerventionalists suggest further investigation of conscious sedation versus general anesthesia during thrombectomy for acute stroke

Mehmet Enes Inam¹, Elvira Lekka², Faheem G Sheriff², Aditya A Sanzgiri³, Victor Lopez-Rivera⁴, Andrew D Barreto⁴, Sunil A Sheth⁴, Carlos Artime⁵, Allison C Engstrom², Alexander Ambrocik², Claudia Pedroza⁶, Sean I Savitz⁴, Peng Roc Chen^2
1 Department of Neurosurgery, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; Department of Neurology, McGovern Medical School, Texas Institute for Restorative Neurotechnologies, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
² Department of Neurosurgery, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
³ Research Operations and Conduct, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
⁴ Department of Neurology, McGovern Medical School, Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
⁵ Department of Anesthesiology, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
⁶ Department of Pediatrics, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA

Correspondence Address:
Peng Roc Chen
6400 Fannin Street, Suite 2800, Houston, TX 77030
USA

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/bc.bc_19_21