Increased resource utilization and overall morbidity are associated with general versus regional anesthesia for carotid endarterectomy in data collected by the Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative

Based on this analysis from the MSQC database, there is an associated increased morbidity and resource utilization with GA vs RA for CEA. This has implications for enterprise resource planning initiatives and the CEA value proposition in general, which is of special interest to both hospitals and payers.