TY - JOUR
T1 - The impact of changing intracranial aneurysm practice on the education of cerebrovascular neurosurgeons
AU - Lai, Leon
AU - Morgan, Michael Kerin
PY - 2012/1
Y1 - 2012/1
N2 - Endovascular repair of intracranial aneurysms has transformed the practice of cerebrovascular surgery. We reviewed the National Hospital Morbidity Database in Australia for the years 2000 to 2008 and investigated the changing trends of aneurysm practice. During this period 7,503 craniotomies for aneurysm repair and 7,863 endovascular coiling procedures were performed. The number of aneurysm procedures performed surgically reduced from 9 cases per neurosurgeon per year to 4.2 cases, a reduction of 53.3%. The number of endovascular treatments increased 2.1 fold, from 3.6 aneurysms per neurosurgeon in 2000 to 7.5 in 2008. The implications of reduced numbers of surgically treated aneurysms were considered for the education of cerebrovascular neurosurgeons in Australia.
AB - Endovascular repair of intracranial aneurysms has transformed the practice of cerebrovascular surgery. We reviewed the National Hospital Morbidity Database in Australia for the years 2000 to 2008 and investigated the changing trends of aneurysm practice. During this period 7,503 craniotomies for aneurysm repair and 7,863 endovascular coiling procedures were performed. The number of aneurysm procedures performed surgically reduced from 9 cases per neurosurgeon per year to 4.2 cases, a reduction of 53.3%. The number of endovascular treatments increased 2.1 fold, from 3.6 aneurysms per neurosurgeon in 2000 to 7.5 in 2008. The implications of reduced numbers of surgically treated aneurysms were considered for the education of cerebrovascular neurosurgeons in Australia.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.07.008
DO - 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.07.008
M3 - Article
C2 - 22071461
AN - SCOPUS:84855187097
VL - 19
SP - 81
EP - 84
JO - Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
JF - Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
SN - 0967-5868
IS - 1
ER -