TY - JOUR
T1 - Do you want to perform endovascular therapy? Perspectives from neurology trainees across Europe
AU - the RRFS National Representatives Network
AU - Schreier, D. R.
AU - Di Lorenzo, F.
AU - Iodice, F.
AU - Shribman, S.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank the trainees who completed the questionnaire, the EAN-RRFS office (Lisa Klingelh?fer, Giovanni Di Liberto, Vanessa Carvalho, and Anna Sauerbier) for providing contact details of the EAN-RRFS National Representatives Network, and the following national representatives who distributed the questionnaire: Neuray Caroline & Simon Fandler-H?fler (Austria), Ivan Goursky (Belarus), Tim Kelderman (Belgium), Vana Kosta (Croatia), Asger Toke Guld (Denmark), Liisa K?rv (Estonia), Lila Autier (France), Nina Kleineberg (Germany), P?ter Orosz (Hungary), Irena Zagorskien? (Lithuania), Pierre Kolber (Luxembourg), Dumanscaia Maria (Republica Moldova), Matthijs van der Meulen (Netherlands), Marija Babunovska (North Macedonia), Stanislaw Szlufik (Poland), Jo?o Dur?es (Portugal), Vlad Tiu (Romania), Igor Straka (Slovakia), Eva Zupanic (Slovenia), Maria Usero Ruiz (Spain), Eleftheria Papaspyridakou (Sweden), and Hatice Kurucu (Turkey). The authors additionally thank Anthony Pereira (MD; Department of Neurology, St George's Hospital, London, UK) and Urs Fischer (MD; Department of Neurology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland) for their valuable feedback.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 European Academy of Neurology
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/12
Y1 - 2020/12
N2 - Background and purpose: Endovascular therapy (EVT) has become standard care for acute ischaemic stroke caused by large-vessel occlusion in the anterior circulation. However, access to this treatment in Europe remains poor. The lack of operators is a contributing factor and there is on-going discussion as to whether other specialists, including neurologists, could contribute to the EVT workforce. The question remains whether the next generation of neurologists want to become ‘interventional neurologists’. The aim of this study was to address this question. Methods: We conducted a short survey within the National Representatives Network (a division of the Resident and Research Fellow Section, European Academy of Neurology) in order to determine the interest of future neurologists in performing EVT. Results: A total of 1218 responses from 27 European countries were received, with some variation in the number of respondents and results among individual countries. In total, 568 neurology trainees (47%) stated that they would want to be an ‘interventional neurologist’. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that neurologists could make a significant contribution to the workforce performing EVT and have important implications for the development and uptake of training programmes in Europe.
AB - Background and purpose: Endovascular therapy (EVT) has become standard care for acute ischaemic stroke caused by large-vessel occlusion in the anterior circulation. However, access to this treatment in Europe remains poor. The lack of operators is a contributing factor and there is on-going discussion as to whether other specialists, including neurologists, could contribute to the EVT workforce. The question remains whether the next generation of neurologists want to become ‘interventional neurologists’. The aim of this study was to address this question. Methods: We conducted a short survey within the National Representatives Network (a division of the Resident and Research Fellow Section, European Academy of Neurology) in order to determine the interest of future neurologists in performing EVT. Results: A total of 1218 responses from 27 European countries were received, with some variation in the number of respondents and results among individual countries. In total, 568 neurology trainees (47%) stated that they would want to be an ‘interventional neurologist’. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that neurologists could make a significant contribution to the workforce performing EVT and have important implications for the development and uptake of training programmes in Europe.
KW - acute ischaemic stroke
KW - endovascular therapy
KW - interventional neurology
KW - mechanical thrombectomy
KW - neurointerventionist
KW - training
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U2 - 10.1111/ene.14519
DO - 10.1111/ene.14519
M3 - Article
C2 - 32918361
AN - SCOPUS:85092164420
VL - 27
SP - 2646
EP - 2650
JO - European Journal of Neurology
JF - European Journal of Neurology
SN - 1351-5101
IS - 12
ER -