The Carotid and Middle cerebral artery Occlusion Surgery Study (CMOSS): a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Table 1 Follow-up schedule

	Baseline	7 days	30 days	6 months	12 months	24 months
Neurological function evaluation
NIHSS	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
mRS	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
BI	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Neuro-imaging evaluation
Brain CT/MRI	✓DWI	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Cerebrovascular CTA/MRA					✓
DSA	✓	✓^a			✓^b	✓
CTP	✓	✓^a		✓	✓	✓
Medication
Current medication	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Medication compliance		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Adverse events	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Physical examination	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Vital signs	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Laboratory tests	✓	✓^a		✓	✓	✓
Pregnancy test	✓					✓
Electrocardiogram	✓					✓
Chest X-ray	✓					✓

^aBypass surgical group only; ^bIf necessary; CT computed tomography, CTA computed tomography angiography, CTP computed tomography perfusion, DSA digital subtraction angiography, DWI diffusion-weighted imaging, MRA magnetic resonance angiography, MRI magnetic resonance imaging, mRS modified Rankin scale, NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale

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