title: Neurobehavioral effects of carotid endarterectomy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Nineteen patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis (>70%) were subjected to carotid endarterectomy in a prospective study to evaluate neurobehavioral changes before and 6 months following the operation.
  
  
  METHODS
  All patients were subjected to neurobehavioral rating scale one week before and 6 months after the operation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were no significant changes in the 27 items of this scale before and 6 months following the operation. Some patients showed no difference at all in some items of this scale before and after operation such as suspiciousness excitement, speech and articulation using Mann-Whitney rank test, P values were (> 0.05) as regards to all items of neurobehavioral rating scale.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Uncomplicated carotid endarterectomy does not seem to be associated with significant long time neurobehavioral impairment following the operation.
authors.affiliation: Vascular Surgery Division, Department of Surgery (37), King Khalid University Hospital, PO Box 7805, Riyadh 11472, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Tel. +966 (1) 467 1589, Fax. +966 (1) 467 9493, Email: hmrabee@ksu.edu.sa.
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Rabee
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Saadani
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Iqbal
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Al-Salman