Comparative effect of stenting plus medical therapy vs medical therapy alone on the risk of stroke and death in patients with symptomatic intracranial stenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Abstract:Background
Recently, several randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of stenting plus medical therapy versus medical therapy alone have been successfully conducted for the treatment of patients with symptomatic intracranial stenosis. This study aimed to evaluate differences between these two therapies in the risk of stroke and death.
Methods
MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, and ClinicalTrials.gov were systematically searched to identify relevant studies … Show more
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