Surgeon specialty significantly affects outcome of asymptomatic patients after carotid endarterectomy

This study evaluates the impact of surgical specialty, specifically vascular surgery (VS) versus non-VS (NVS; namely, cardiac surgery, thoracic surgery, general surgery, or neurosurgery) on perioperative carotid endarterectomy (CEA) outcomes stratified by symptom status on presentation.

Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - December 8, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Laura T. Boitano, Charles DeCarlo, Maxwell R. Schwartz, Adam Tanious, Glenn M. LaMuraglia, Mark F. Conrad, Matthew J. Eagleton, Samuel I. Schwartz Source Type: research