title: [Early postoperative complications in carotid surgery].
abstract: Carotid endarterectomy has a documented stroke preventing effect in symptomatic high-grade carotid stenosis when the rate of serious complications is below 6%. In the period 1986-96, 160 procedures were performed on 150 patients at the Department of Neurosurgery, Ullevål Hospital. Oslo. The indication for surgery was hemispheric transient ischemic attack and/or amaurosis fugax in 137 patients and/or minor stroke in 49 in addition to a high-grade stenosis. Mean age was 61 years (42-74 years). One patient (0.6%) died four hours after surgery. Three patients (1.9%) suffered disabling postoperative stroke. The rate of serious complications was thus 2.5%. In addition, nine patients experienced minor and temporary paresis. Three patients were reoperated for haematoma and one for wound infection. Our surgical morbidity and mortality rate is comparable to larger series.
authors.affiliation: Nevrokirurgisk avdeling Ullevål sykehus, Oslo.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Holmøy
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Berg-Johnsen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Magnaes
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control; D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology