Complex cranial surgery and the future of open cerebrovascular training

Christopher S. Graffeo MD, MS1, Michael J. Link MD2, and Michael T. Lawton MD1
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  • 1 Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona; and
  • | 2 Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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ABBREVIATIONS

ACGME = Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; EEA = endoscopic endonasal approach; ISAT = International Subarachnoid Aneurysm Trial; ISUIA = International Study of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms; NIS = National (Nationwide) Inpatient Sample; SRS = stereotactic radiosurgery.

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Contributor Notes

Correspondence Michael T. Lawton: neuropub@barrowneuro.org.

INCLUDE WHEN CITING Published online April 29, 2022; DOI: 10.3171/2022.3.JNS212939.

Disclosures The authors report no conflict of interest.

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