Commentary: Endovascular Treatment May Be Reasonable for Certain Stroke Patients

By using nonsurgical endovascular techniques to extract the blood clot curbing blood flow to the brain, endovascular treatment is still considered a reasonable treatment options for some sufferers of acute stroke, according to a commentary in the August edition of Neurosurgery.  This comes on the heels of highly publicized studies reporting that endovascular treatment doesn’t improve outcomes any better than standard care. However, recent clinical trials have found endovascular treatment to benefit those who have suffered a large vessel occlusion (LVO) stroke. To read more about this topic and also about an article suggesting the supply of US neurosurgeons cannot meet demand, click here.