Which anesthesia for carotid endarterectomy: local or general?
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Local versus general anaesthesia for carotid endarterectomy.
BACKGROUND Carotid endarterectomy reduces the risk of stroke in people with recently symptomatic, severe carotid artery stenosis. However, there are significant perioperative risks which may be lessened by performing the operation under local rather than general anaesthetic. This is an update of a Cochrane review first published in 1996, and previously updated in 2004. OBJECTIVES To assess th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Anaesthesia and Anaesthetics
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2059-0393
DOI: 10.15761/jaa.1000109