Outcomes of general anesthesia versus conscious sedation for Stroke undergoing endovascular treatment: a meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The impact of anesthesia strategy on the outcomes of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients undergoing endovascular treatment is currently controversy. Thus, we performed this meta-analysis to compare the differences of clinical and angiographic outcomes between general anesthesia (GA) and conscious sedation (CS).

Methods

A literature search in PubMed, Embase, and Web of Knowledge databases through February 2019 was conducted for related records on GA and CS of AIS undergoing endovascular treatment. The results of the studies were pooled and meta-analyzed with fixed- or random-effect model based on heterogeneity test in total and subgroup analyses.

Results

Twenty-three studies including 6703 patients were analyzed in this meta-analysis. We found that patients

SUBMITTER: Wan TF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6511209 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature