Invited commentary

With 827 consecutive post-carotid endarterectomy completion arteriograms, Dr Wieker and colleagues detected 57 (6.9%) defects requiring immediate surgical revision. One in 14 of their cases required reopening of the artery! Despite their significant incidence of defects requiring immediate revision, the authors' overall results are superb (0.2%, 0.5%, and 0.6% 30-day mortality, stroke, and transient ischemic attack rates, respectively), and immediate revision was not associated with worse outcomes.
Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Clinical research study Source Type: research