Table 1:

Characteristics of neurointerventional research between 2003 and 2012a

Department of the First Author
Neurosurgery (n = 910)Radiology (n = 747)Neurology (n = 270)Miscellaneous (n = 196)Total (n = 2123)
Document type
    Original article436 (47.9)429 (57.4)b140 (51.9)102 (52.1)1107 (52.1)
    Case report360 (39.6)c236 (31.6)93 (34.4)73 (37.2)762 (35.9)
    Review59 (6.5)49 (6.6)35 (13.0)d19 (9.7)162 (7.6)
    Technical note55 (6.0)e33 (4.4)2 (0.7)2 (1.0)92 (4.4)
Journal
    Neuroscience journal636 (69.9)f245 (32.8)176 (65.2)f49 (25.0)1106 (52.1)
    Radiology journal194 (21.3)432 (57.8)g48 (17.8)29 (14.8)703 (33.1)
    Other or multidisciplinary journal80 (8.8)70 (9.4)46 (17.0)118 (60.2)g314 (14.8)
Topic
    Endovascular treatment of aneurysm481 (52.9)g357 (47.8)39 (14.4)64 (32.7)941 (44.3)
    Stent or angioplasty for vascular stenosis120 (13.2)111 (14.9)72 (26.7)d59 (30.1)d362 (17.1)
    Endovascular treatment of AVM or AVF174 (19.2)e145 (19.4)e13 (4.8)23 (11.6)355 (16.7)
    Thrombolysis or thrombectomy65 (7.1)93 (12.4)131 (48.5)g26 (13.3)315 (14.8)
    Vasospasm23 (2.5)15 (2.0)3 (1.1)7 (3.6)48 (2.3)
    Tumor embolization23 (2.5)6 (0.8)1 (0.4)2 (1.0)32 (1.5)
    General or miscellaneous24 (2.6)20 (2.7)11 (4.1)15 (7.7)d70 (3.3)
Declared funding
    Funded62 (6.8)65 (8.7)41 (15.2)d24 (12.2)192 (9.0)
    Not funded848 (93.2)682 (91.3)229 (84.8)172 (87.8)1931 (91.0)
  • a Numbers in parentheses are percentages.

  • b Significantly different from the value for neurosurgery.

  • c Significantly different from the value for radiology.

  • d Significantly different from the values for departments of neurosurgery and radiology.

  • e Significantly different from the values for departments of neurology and miscellaneous.

  • f Significantly different from the values for departments of radiology and miscellaneous.

  • g Significantly different from the values for all other departments.