title: [Risk surgery of the carotid. A balanced assessment of the use of locoregional anesthesia].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Patologia Speciale Chirurgica, Università degli Studi di Verona.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lievore
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Candiani
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vecchioni
mesh_terms: D000765:Anesthesia, Conduction; D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000601:surgery; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Chirurgia a rischio della carotide. Un primo consuntivo circa l'uso dell'anestesia loco-regionale.