title: [Carotid endarterectomy in patients with neurological non-side related (NSRS) symptoms].
abstract: Out of 970 carotid endarterectomies (CE) performed for high-grade (> 80%) stenosis of the internal carotid artery (ICA) until 1995, 147 patients with neurological non side-related symptoms (NSRS) and without any cardiac, ocular or vestibular significant pathology have been evaluated, analyzing the medium and long-term functional results (mean follow-up 37.6 months) related to the morphological status of the ICA contralateral and the vertebral arteries. NSRS disappeared in 126 pts (85.71%): contralateral ICA was non-stenotic in 32 cases (25.39%), stenotic < 75% in 68 cases (53.96%), stenotic > 75% in 7 cases (5.55%) and occluded in 19 cases (15.09%); vertebral arteries were pathological in only 6 cases (4.75%), among which 4 were on the same side and 2 on the opposite side of CE. NSRS persisted in 20 pts (13.6%): contralateral ICA was non-stenotic in 5 cases (25%), with a stenosis < 75% in 11 cases (55%) and with stenosis > 75% in 4 cases (20%); vertebral obliterative lesions were 3 (15.78%), among which 1 on the same and 2 on the opposite side of CE. No one statistical comparison among the groups of cases obtained on the ground of the status of ICA and vertebral arteries were significant (p always > 0.05 at chi-square analysis). Authors' data confirmed that high grade stenoses of ICA can cause NSRS and that CE--always performed at the aim to prevent major neurological attacks--can relieve also these functional disorders in the most of cases, independently from the status of the contralateral ICA and the vertebral arteries.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Chirurgia Generale II, Università degli Studi di Brescia, U.O.P. di Scienze Chirurgiche.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bonardelli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nodari
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Tiberio
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Belloni
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Lucia
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ghilardi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Portolani
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Guarneri
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tomasoni
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Giulini
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D004244:Dizziness / Q000209:etiology*; D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000150:complications*; D014717:Vertigo / Q000209:etiology*
vernacular_title: La endoarterectomia della carotide in pazienti con sintomi neurologici non lateralizzati (NSRS).