title: Technical report: Combined carotid bifurcation endarterectomy and intra-operative transluminal angioplasty of a proximal common carotid artery stenosis: an alternative to extrathoracic bypass.
abstract: A method of management of a dual stenoses affecting the proximal common carotid artery and the internal carotid artery, the tandem lesion, is described in two cases. The combination of a surgical endarterectomy of the internal carotid artery narrowing and percutaneous balloon dilatation of the more proximal common carotid artery narrowing, via the arteriotomy site, with clamping of the internal carotid artery was successfully employed to avoid an extrathoracic bypass procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Kings College Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Sidhu
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Walters
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Baskerville
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Fraser
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography