Local anesthesia versus general anesthesia during endovascular therapy for acute stroke: a propensity score analysis.
Raoul PopFrançois SeveracEmmanuel Happi NgankouOana HarsanIoan MartinDan MihocMonica ManisorMihaela SimuSalvatore ChibbaroValérie WolffRoxana GheocaAlain MeyerJulien PottecherGérard AudibertAnne-Laure DerelleRomain TonneletLiang LiaoFrançois ZhuSerge BracardRené AnxionnatSébastien RichardRémy BeaujeuxBenjamin GoryPublished in: Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2020)
In this study, systematic use of GA for stroke EVT was associated with better clinical outcomes, higher recanalization rates, and fewer procedural complications compared with patients treated under LA as the primary anesthetic approach.