title: [Course of obstructions of the carotid artery in the neck. 69 cases].
abstract: This study involved 69 patients with occlusion of the internal carotid artery in the neck confirmed by angiography. Ten patients were operated upon and 59 were treated medically. The clinical course was roughly the same in both group. Of the 62 patients who survived the initial stroke, 50 could be followed-up for a mean period of 57 months at the end of which 12% had died, 16% remained with a major degree of functional impairment and 72% had little or no residual symptoms. All but one deaths were of non-vascular origin. New cerebral vascular accidents occurred in 16% of the cases, always in the territory of the occluded artery. The long-term benefits of surgical cerebral revascularisation are discussed in the light of these findings.
mesh_terms: D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Evolution des oblitérations de la carotide au cou. 69 observations.