How I do it: endarterectomy for carotid web.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1007/s00701-021-04841-z.
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Abstract
The carotid web is an important and under recognized etiology for recurrent cryptogenic strokes. A management option for a symptomatic carotid web is a carotid endarterectomy (CEA) with surgical microdissection and removal of the intimal luminal defect. We describe some of the technical nuances involved in successfully performing a carotid endarterectomy for resection of a carotid web. Utilizing a familiar approach to an understudied pathology, this procedure can be safely performed and provides the patient with lasting protection against recurrent infarcts through removal of the thromboembolic nidus.
Medical subject headings
- Carotid Arteries
- Endarterectomy, Carotid