Carotid Endarterectomy: Experience at a Community Hospital
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1990
Description
One hundred and nineteen consecutive carotid endarterectomies (CEAs) performed on 86 patients have been reviewed. Thirty-three patients had bilateral CEAs. The indications were: (1) asymptomatic stenosis or ulceration (29%); (2) transient ischemic attack and amaurosis fugax (58%); and (3) reversible is chemic neurologic deficit and stroke (13%). Sixty percent of patients were shunted and 40% were not. There were 1 postoperative death in the first group and 2 strokes in each group. The overall stroke and death rates were 3.4% and 0.8% respectively. Eighty-eight percent and 83% of patients were alive and stroke free respectively during the forty-two-month follow-up period. The authors conclude that (1) CEA can be safely performed at a community hospital and (2) routine shunting or no shunting does not affect the patient's outcome.
Citation Information
Vo, Nghia M.; Floresguerra, Carlos; Sutter, Janice; Watson, Scott; Blankenship, Joan; and Stanton, Paul E.. 1990. Carotid Endarterectomy: Experience at a Community Hospital. Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. Vol.24(4). 256-260. https://doi.org/10.1177/153857449002400407 ISSN: 1538-5744