Is cerebrovascular neurosurgery sacrificed on the altar of RCTs?

Authors

Miikka Korja, Department of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, FI-00029 Helsinki, Finland; Australian School of Advanced Medicine, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Electronic address: mkorja@mqneurosurgery.com.
Juha Hernesniemi, Department of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, FI-00029 Helsinki, Finland.
Michael T. Lawton, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.Follow
Robert F. Spetzler, Division of Neurological Surgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA.Follow
Michael K. Morgan, Australian School of Advanced Medicine, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Document Type

Letter to the Editor

Medical Subject Headings

Cerebrovascular Circulation; Decision Making; Humans; Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations (surgery, therapy); Microsurgery; Neurosurgical Procedures; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Therapeutic Equipoise; Vascular Surgical Procedures

Publication Date

7-8-2014

Publication Title

Lancet (London, England)

E-ISSN

1474-547X

Volume

384

Issue

9937

First Page

27

Last Page

8

PubMed ID

24998812

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61109-0

Recommended Citation

Korja, Miikka; Hernesniemi, Juha; Lawton, Michael T.; Spetzler, Robert F.; and Morgan, Michael K., "Is cerebrovascular neurosurgery sacrificed on the altar of RCTs?" (2014). Neurosurgery. 1083.
https://scholar.barrowneuro.org/neurosurgery/1083