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Carotid endarterectomy

There is no clear benefit from local anaesthetic d

Why?

  • Patients who have carotid endarterectomy performed under local anaesthetic compared with general anaesthetic are not clearly more likely to have a stroke or die d

Expiry date: October 2003
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Author   CM   Ball
Reviewer   G  Donnan
CAT Writers   CJ   Wotton , N   Shenker , CM   Ball