作者
Giulio Illuminati, Francesco G Calió, Vassilios Papaspyropoulos, Giuseppe Montesano, Antonio D'Urso
发表日期
2003/2/1
期刊
Archives of surgery
卷号
138
期号
2
页码范围
192-197
出版商
American Medical Association
简介
Hypothesis
The operation for isolated, stenotic, and symptomatic kinking of the internal carotid artery is safe and effective in preventing stroke and relieving the symptoms of cerebral ischemia.
Design
A consecutive sample clinical study with a mean follow-up of 44 months.
Setting
The surgical department of an academic tertiary care center and an affiliated secondary care center.
Patients
Fifty-four patients with a mean age of 67 years underwent 55 revascularizations of the internal carotid artery. The surgical procedures consisted of the following: shortening and reimplantation in the common carotid artery in 36 cases, bypass grafting in 15 cases, and transposition into the external carotid artery in 4 cases.
Main Outcome Measures
Cumulative survival, primary patency, and stroke-free and neurologic symptom-free rates expressed by standard life-table analysis.
Results
No patients died in the postoperative period. The …
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