Timing of Carotid Endarterectomy: Perioperative Outcome According to Index Event to Operation Room Time

Time From Symptoms to Carotid Endarterectomy or Stenting and Perioperative Risk.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Prior meta-analysis showed that carotid endarterectomy benefits decline with increasing surgical delay following symptoms. For symptomatic patients in the Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy Versus Stenting Trial (CREST), we assessed if differences in time between symptoms and carotid endarterectomy or carotid artery stenting are associated with differences in risk o...

An Audit of Perioperative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis: Time to Take Action

Impact of Surgeon Experience During Carotid Endarterectomy Operation and Effects on Perioperative Outcomes

Objective We evaluated the effect of surgeon experience on complication and mortality rates of carotid endarterectomy operation. Methods Fifty-nine consecutive patients who underwent carotid endarterectomy between January 2013 and February 2016 were divided into two groups. Patients who had been operated by surgeons performing carotid endarterectomy for more than 10 years were allocated to gr...

The effect of surgeon's specialty and volume on the perioperative outcome of carotid endarterectomy.

BACKGROUND Several studies have demonstrated better outcomes for carotid endarterectomy (CEA) at high-volume hospitals and providers. However, only a few studies have reported on the impact of surgeons' specialty and volume on the perioperative outcome of CEA. METHODS This is a retrospective analysis of CEA during a recent 2-year period. Surgeons' specialties were classified according to thei...

Outcome of Carotid Stenting Versus Endarterectomy

Background and Purpose—To compare perioperative and midterm results of carotid artery stenting (CAS) versus carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in similar cohorts of patients, a retrospectively matched case-control study was performed. Methods—Three hundred and one case subjects undergoing CAS with cerebral protection and 301 concurrent matched-controls undergoing CEA were examined. Matching was by se...