Results in microsurgical carotid artery endarterectomy
Steiger, H.J.; Schäffler, L.; Liechti, S.; Boll, J.
Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift 119(18): 555-560
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0036-7672 PMID: 2665064 Document Number: 337890
100 consecutive carotid endarterectomies were performed by a microscopic technique with monitoring of cerebral perfusion by transcranial Doppler sonography and EEG. No additional cerebral deficits occurred in this series. Perioperative mortality due to medical complications occurred in 2 instances. During the average follow-up period of 15 months, 1 patient suffered a lethal cerebral infarction ipsilateral to the operated carotid artery and 1 patient a contralateral minor stroke. 2 patients died from unrelated causes during follow-up.