Should neurointerventional fellowship training be suspended indefinitely?

摘要

In 2008 there were 335 US hospitals at which six or more aneurysms were treated with endovascular coiling and 435 where two or more intra-arterial (IA) stroke treatments were performed.1 Assuming an average of two NI physicians per hospital, this yields between 670 and 870 NIs practicing in 2008. Clearly, a significant number of fellows have graduated and gone into practice since that time (~50-80 per year), easily yielding around 800 or more practicing NIs currently in the USA.