Carotid surgery in the community hospital: 467 consecutive operations.
Over a 12-year period, 467 consecutive operations for carotid disease were performed on 424 patients in community hospitals. Of all the patients, 0.2% died within 30 days of surgery and 3% had a stroke within 30 days. One third of these strokes were disabling. No cerebral monitoring equipment was used and an indwelling carotid shunt was only rarely used.
D000407:Alabama; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000601:surgery*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D004691:Endarterectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D013997:Time Factors