Carotid endarterectomy under local anesthesia: Single institutional experience

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 570-573

  Kalko, Yusuf ^a   Aydin, Unal ^a   Bayrak, Yusuf ^b   Kafa, Ülkü ^a   Kösker, Taylan ^a   Basaran, Murat ^a   Yangín, Zehra ^a   Yasar, Tahsin ^a  

^a VAKIF GUREBA HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b AMERICAN HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Awake patient; Carotid endarterectomy; Local anesthesia

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CAUSE OF DEATH; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPERATION DURATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHUNTING; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 33749417548     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2005.126383     Document Type: Review

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