Latest Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery Stories
Technology Currently in Use in Japan May Be Poised for U.S. Entry FAIRFAX, Va., July 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- First-of-its-kind mobile phone-based software technology may allow physicians to manage and consult on stroke cases in real time from anywhere in the world, a study presented at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) 9(th) Annual Meeting in San Diego showed. The telediagnostic imaging support system known as the i-Stroke System(TM), which facilitates...
Results Announced at Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) 9th Annual Meeting SAN DIEGO, July 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Endovascular therapy (EVT) is associated with significantly better treatment outcomes over traditional intravenous tPA (IVT) for patients suffering acute ischemic stroke resulting from blockages in the large vessels, or major "highways" of the brain, according to a study presented at the SNIS 9(th) Annual Meeting in San Diego. Statistics from...
Results Announced at Society of Neurointerventional Surgery (SNIS) 9th Annual Meeting SAN DIEGO, July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A correlation between brain aneurysms, bulges or balloons in vessel walls, and early onset menopause has been identified, according to recent study results presented at the SNIS 9(th) Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA, thereby suggesting that the premature loss of estrogen could be a risk factor for aneurysm formation and development. As it is...
Results Announced at Society of Neurointerventional Surgery (SNIS) 9th Annual Meeting SAN DIEGO, July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Society of Neurointerventional Surgery (SNIS) 9th Annual Meeting opened with study results which show that patients presenting with ischemic stroke may be successfully treated with endovascular or minimally invasive therapy well beyond the 8-hour treatment window today considered standard by most neurointerventional practitioners. The...
Disparity Between Hospital Costs and Reimbursement Could Have Implications for Various Patient Populations and Delivery of Healthcare Services COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Study results released today at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) 8(th) Annual Meeting reveals that treatment costs for some neurovascular conditions remain higher than reimbursement in the form of Medicare payments. For many hospitals across the nation, particularly those that...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Stryker Neurovascular, a division of Stryker Corporation, today announced the results of its Matrix and Platinum Science (MAPS) Trial during the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) 8th Annual Meeting in Colorado Springs. The MAPS Trial establishes a new standard for the measurement of aneurysm treatment success, target aneurysm recurrence rate (TAR)*, and proves that coiling is an excellent treatment for both ruptured and...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Study results released today at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) 8th Annual Meeting revealed a correlation between lower temperatures and increased hospital admissions for ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA), commonly known as a mini-stroke, in an east coast city population. As one of the largest studies to date on this phenomenon, this data reinforces the association between stroke and...
Findings Announced at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) 7th Annual Meeting CARLSBAD, Calif., July 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Results from a retrospective, case-control study presented today at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) 7th Annual Meeting could have significant implications for women at risk of brain aneurysms as data shows that oral contraceptives (OC) and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may yield the additional benefit of protecting against the...
Findings May Potentially Lead to New Approach to Stroke Treatment BOCA RATON, Fla., July 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- When minimally invasive endovascular (through the vessel) therapy made its debut two decades ago, stroke care underwent a major shift as the "window of treatment" for patients suffering a stroke was expanded to eight hours within symptom onset, rather than the standard three-hour window required by the FDA-approved intravenous tPA therapy. Now, a new retrospective,...
Same Day Procedure May Transform Treatment Approach to Retinoblastoma BOCA RATON, Fla., July 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Expanded results of a study conducted on children with eye cancer (retinoblastoma) shows that chemotherapy delivered through endovascular (through the vessel) means not only successfully cures the cancer in a majority of cases, but achieves this cure with preserved vision. Study outcomes were presented this week at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) 6th...
