Risk surgery of the carotid. a balanced assessment of the use of locoregional anesthesia
Lievore, R.; Candiani, P.; Vecchioni, R.
Il Giornale di Chirurgia 12(4): 237-239
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0391-9005 PMID: 1911070 Document Number: 373290
The authors report their experience with regional anaesthesia in carotid surgery. They performed 80 carotid endarterectomies in 79 patients. Thirty-three patients were at high surgical risk because of contralateral internal carotid artery occlusion or bilateral stenosis (greater than 70%) or ischemic brain areas for past stroke. In this high risk group 4 strokes were registered in the postoperative period, while no strokes appeared in patients non at risk.