title: [Perioperative complications in carotid endarterectomy with respect to the stage of the cerebrovascular disease].
abstract: Records of perioperative complications following 407 consecutive carotid endarterectomies performed in 366 patients in the 18-year period have been presented. The complications are categorized according to the clinical stage of vascular disease, that is, according to the indications for the surgery. Out of the total number, 46 (11.3%) operations were done in the 1st, asymptomatic stage of disease, for the haemodinamically significant stenoses and ulcerated plaques; 173 (42.5%) in the 2nd clinical stage for hemispheral and nonhemispheral transient ishemic attacks (TIA) and reversible neurologic deficits (RIND); 3 (0.7%) in the 3rd stage which is a progressive cerebrovascular stroke and 185 (45.5%) in the 4th clinical stage of the disease, in patients with previous cerebral infarction and a permanent neurologic deficit. The rate of a temporary and permanent neurologic deficit, as well as mortality in the first stage of the disease equals zero. In the second stage of the disease, the rate of a temporary neurologic postoperative morbidity increases to 1.7%, of a permanent neurologic morbidity to 1.2%, while the rate of mortality is 1.2%. In the 3rd and 4th stage, those rates amount to 66.7%, 0% and 33.3%, and 1.1%, 3.8% and 1.6%, respectively. The rates of perioperative morbidity and mortality are in proportion to the scope of preoperative brain dysfunction. Results of this work suggest the necessity of categorization of patients, candidates for carotid endarterectomy, according to the clinical stage of the disease, which will enable a better comparison with other authors' results, give a more reliable view on the efficacy of the surgical treatment and justify the surgeons' attitude towards indications.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Syo
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Despot
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Georgijević
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Demarin
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bonić
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jakovac
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000601:surgery*; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004691:Endarterectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications
vernacular_title: Perioperacijske komplikacije karotidnih endarterektomija s obzirom na stadij cerebrovaskularne bolesti.