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. 2021 Jun;163(6):1763-1766.
doi: 10.1007/s00701-021-04841-z. Epub 2021 Apr 19.

How I do it: endarterectomy for carotid web

Rogelio Esparza  1 , Julia R Schneider  1 , Brian Mac Grory  2 , Erez Nossek  3
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How I do it: endarterectomy for carotid web

Rogelio Esparza et al. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2021 Jun.

Abstract

Background: 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.

Methods: We describe some of the technical nuances involved in successfully performing a carotid endarterectomy for resection of a carotid web.

Conclusion: 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.

Keywords: Carotid endarterectomy, Cryptogenic stroke; Carotid web.

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