Intraoperative duplex scanning reduces both residual stenosis and postoperative morbidity of carotid endarterectomy

American Surgeon

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 50-54

  Dykes II, John R ^a   Bergamini, Thomas M ^a,b   Lipski, David A ^a   Fulton, Robert L ^a   Garrison, R Neal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE;

CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MEDICAL RECORDS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031025081     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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