Summary: 1) Featured Article: Conscious sedation or local anesthesia during endovascular treatment for acute ischemic stroke 2) Lesson of the Week: Functional disorders This Neurology® Podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the July 3, 2018, print issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Brian Eckerle talks with Dr. Rob van de Graaf about his paper on conscious sedation vs local anesthesia during endovascular treatment for ischemic stroke. For the Lesson of the Week segment, Dr. David Lapides and Dr. Jon Stone continue their discussion of functional disorders. DISCLOSURES: Drs. Eckerle, van de Graaf, and Lapides report no disclosures. Dr. Stone receives publishing royalties from UptoDate; runs a free self-help website for patients with functional disorders www.neurosymptoms.org; and carries out regular expert witness work in relation to personal injury and medical negligence.
