Thilan Tudor, Jonathan Sussman, Georgios S Sioutas, Mohamed M Salem, Najib Muhammad, Dominic Romeo, Antonio Corral Tarbay, Yohan Kim, Jinggang Ng, Isaiah J Rhodes, Avi Gajjar, Robert W Hurst, Bryan Pukenas, Linda Bagley, Omar A Choudhri, Eric L Zager, Visish M Srinivasan, Brian T Jankowitz, Jan-Karl Burkhardt
BACKGROUND: Historically, the transfemoral approach (TFA) has been the most common access site for cerebral intraoperative angiography (IOA). However, in line with trends in cardiac interventional vascular access preferences, the transradial approach (TRA) and transulnar approach (TUA) have been gaining popularity owing to favorable safety and patient satisfaction outcomes. OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficacy and safety of TRA/TUA and TFA for cerebral and spinal IOA at an institutional level over a 6-year period...
October 18, 2023: Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery