Outcomes analysis of the treatment of carotid artery disease

Authors
Citation
Re. Harbaugh, Outcomes analysis of the treatment of carotid artery disease, NEUROSURG C, 11(2), 2000, pp. 377
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Neurology
Journal title
NEUROSURGERY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA
ISSN journal
10423680 → ACNP
Volume
11
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Database
ISI
SICI code
1042-3680(200004)11:2<377:OAOTTO>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The author presents a brief review Of the methodologies of outcomes analysi s. Recent large database outcomes studies on patients undergoing carotid en darterectomy are also reviewed and compared with the data generated from tw o prospective randomized studies, and large database outcomes analysis are discussed, The efforts of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Outcomes Committee to perform on line, multicenter outcomes studies are reviewed.