Optimising regional organisation of endovascular thrombectomy for ischaemic stroke reusing a simulation model
Willemijn J Maas, Durk-Jouke van der Zee, Maarten M H Lahr, Bob Roozenbeek, Diederik W J Dippel, Henk Kerkhoff, Thomas Monks, Erik Buskens, Maarten Uyttenboogaart, The CONTRAST investigators and the MR CLEAN registry investigators · 2025
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Description
Willemijn Maas and a team of co-authors reused a simulation model to plan stroke care in a 2025 paper. Clot-removal treatment for ischemic stroke, called thrombectomy, works best fast, so regions organize ambulances and hospitals to cut delays. A Monte Carlo model built for one Dutch region was retargeted to the southwest Netherlands.
Data from 509 treated patients fed the reused model, which passed validity checks with modest effort. The team then simulated four strategies: flying patients by helicopter, driving the specialist to the local center, sending patients out of region, and triage with a standard scale. The outcome tracked was time from stroke onset to the groin puncture that starts treatment. The study shows models can travel between regions.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Willemijn J Maas, Durk-Jouke van der Zee, Maarten M H Lahr, Bob Roozenbeek, Diederik W J Dippel, Henk Kerkhoff, Thomas Monks, Erik Buskens, Maarten Uyttenboogaart, The CONTRAST investigators and the MR CLEAN registry investigators |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |