Carotid endarterectomy prevention strategies and complications management.
Perioperative complications of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) are uncommon but potentially devastating. The authors review strategies aimed at minimizing morbidity of surgical treatment of carotid occlusive disease. Multiple components of the perioperative course of patients who undergo CEA must be tightly controlled to maintain an acceptably low complication rate. These factors comprise appropriate patient selection, including careful assessment of techniques aimed at prevention and monitoring of intraoperative complications and postoperative care.
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Neurovascular Surgery Program, Department of Neurosurgery, Yale University Medical School, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA. murat.gunel@Yale.edu
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D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012307:Risk Factors