Tromboendarterectomía carotídea tras ictus o accidente isquémico transitorioRevisión bibliográfica
- Salvador Calvo, R.
- Brizuela, J. A.
- Mengíbar Fuentes, Lucas
- Revilla Calavia, Alvaro
- Merino Díaz, Borja
- González Fajardo, J. A.
- Gutiérrez Alonso, Vicente
- Carrera, S.
- Vaquero Puerta, Carlos
ISSN: 1139-8264
Year of publication: 2008
Volume: 11
Issue: 4
Pages: 145-148
Type: Article
More publications in: Revista española de investigaciones quirúrgicas
Abstract
Background: Actually there is a great controversy on the indication in the time in order to carry out the surgery on a symptomatic carotid (CVA, TIA, INI). The aim of this revision is to determine that good moment of agreement the most recent scientific literature. Material and methods: This paper was carried out a revision of the scientific literature of the last years. We used the data base of the National Library Medicine (PubMed). The study was limited to papers published in English and Spanish with abstract on-line in the last 10 years. The key words introduced for the search was carotid stenosis, endovascular, stenting, thromboendarterectomy. Results: With these parameters of search appear 140 articles. 77 of them makes reference to the aim of the article. We reviewed 22 of them. Conclusions. The potential benefit for the patient increases in the high risk period. We recommend the early surgery in the first two weeks.