Mechanical thrombectomy: can it be safely delivered out of hours in the UK?

Abstract Background Mechanical thrombectomy was approved by NICE as a treatment for stroke in 2016. However, most of the evidence is from studies conducted during working hours. Only few centres in the UK perform thrombectomies out-of-hours. The Royal Stoke University Hospital (RSUH) has offered thr...

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Published in:	BMC Neurology
Main Authors:	Jake Weddell, Emma Parr, Stacey Knight, Girish Muddegowda, Indira Natarajan, Jayan Chembala, Phillip Ferdinand, Nasar Ahmad, Zoltan Pencz, Saad Rana, Anushka Warusevitane, Changez Jadun, Sanjeev Nayak, Zafar Hashim, Albin Augustine, Julius Sim, Christine Roffe
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2020-09-01
Subjects:	Stroke Mechanical thrombectomy Large vessel occlusion
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12883-020-01909-8