Monitored anesthesia care during mechanical thrombectomy for stroke: need for data-driven and individualized decisions.
Raul G NogueiraMahmoud H MohammadenTimothy P MoranMatthew K WhalinRaphael Y GershonAlhamza R R Al-BayatiJonathan RatcliffLeonardo PisaniBernardo LiberatoNirav BhattMichael R FrankelDiogo C HaussenPublished in: Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2021)
Our study showed that the overall rate of conversion from MAC to GA during MT was low (1.6%) and, while higher in posterior circulation strokes, it was not predicted by either hemispheric dominance or stroke severity. Caution should be given before changing clinical practice during moments of crisis.