Emergent treatment of carotid stenosis. A systematic review focused on evidence based medicine.

CONCLUSIONS: CEA is considered a less problematic method than CAS, specially for patients over the age of 75 ; CAS remains recommended in patients with a favorable anatomy or high surgical risks. Studies that showed more solid results seem to lead to the conclusion that optimal timing may be between 2 days and the end of the first week from the onset of symptoms in patients who are appropriate candidates for surgery. PMID: 29806753 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29806753?dopt=Abstract

Source: Minerva Chirurgica - May 30, 2018 Category: Surgery Tags: Minerva Chir Source Type: research