| Perioperative morbidity and mortality of carotid artery surgery under loco-regional anaesthesia. | |
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PMID: 15786937 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: Loco-regional anaesthesia for carotid artery surgery has many advantages over general anaesthesia. It may be associated with a reduction in neurological, and equally important, non-neurological morbidity and mortality. However, sufficiently powered randomised controlled trials comparing general anaesthesia with local anaesthesia for carotid artery surgery are not yet published. Herein, we present our single centre experience of carotid endarterectomy under local anaesthesia and their respective procedure-related morbidity and mortality rates. PATIENTS AND METHODS: From January 1996 to December 2002, 1271 patients were operated on their carotid arteries. Of these, 1210 (95%) patients and 1355 carotid arteries were operated on in loco-regional anaesthesia and included in a prospective recording. The patients age ranged from 47 to 100 years (mean 70.5 years), 711 patients were male, 499 female. 496 patients (41%) were asymptomatic (Fontaine stage I), 460 have had a transient neurological deficit (TIA) prior to admission (Fontaine stage II) and 254 patients have had a stroke (Fontaine stage IV). RESULTS: The combined stroke rate was 2.2% (n = 30). The overall 30 day mortality was 0.2% (n = 3). The rate of haematoma indicating revision was 3% (n = 40). The revision in all cases was within 12 hours of surgery. No patient developed respiratory insufficiency after surgery. However, of the 40 patients with revision for haematoma, 4 (10%) needed prolonged respiratory assistance and one patient ultimately died of respiratory insufficiency and stroke. No cardiac mortality was observed. The over all rate of myocardial infarction observed postoperatively was 1.4% (n = 19), of which 1.1% (n = 15) were non q-wave infarcts. The combined shunting-rate for all stages was 18.6% (n = 252). CONCLUSION: Morbidity and mortality of carotid endarterectomy in loco-regional anaesthesia is comparable to recently published single-centre results. Patients with severe COPD, usually unsuitable candidates for general anaesthesia, can also be treated safely. |
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A Assadian; C Senekowitsch; O Assadian; H Ptakovsky; G W Hagmüller |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: VASA. Zeitschrift für Gefässkrankheiten Volume: 34 ISSN: 0301-1526 ISO Abbreviation: VASA Publication Date: 2005 Feb |
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Created Date: 2005-03-24 Completed Date: 2005-09-29 Revised Date: 2012-10-19 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0317051 Medline TA: Vasa Country: Switzerland |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 41-5 Citation Subset: IM |
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Chirurgie mit Gefässchirugie, Wilhelminenspital, Vienna, Austria. afshin_assadian@yahoo.de |
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Aged Aged, 80 and over Anesthesia, Local* Carotid Stenosis / mortality, surgery* Cause of Death Endarterectomy, Carotid / mortality* Female Hospital Mortality* Humans Male Middle Aged Prospective Studies |
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