Carotid endarterectomy: review of 10 years of practice of general and locoregional anesthesia in a tertiary care hospital in Portugal

Background: Retrospective and prospective randomized studies have compared general and locoregional anesthesia for carotid endarterectomy, but without definitive results. Objectives: Evaluate the incidence of complications (medical, surgical, neurological, and hospital mortality) in a tertiary cente...

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Main Authors: Mercês Lobo, Joana Mourão, Graça Afonso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-07-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0104001414001973