Methods: Data was prospectively recorded for all patients who had carotid endarterectomy between 1997 and 2006 in our vascular surgical unit. These patients had follow-up with carotid duplex ...

The most effective treatment for carotid artery stenosis is carotid endarterectomy (CEA ... postoperative complications, surgical outcomes and length of hospitalization of patients were reviewed.

While all participants received the best medical therapy for their condition, 63 underwent carotid endarterectomy — the surgical removal of plaque. The team followed up on the participants for ...

This bypasses the blood vessel that is damaged. The type of surgery used to treat PAD will depend on the size and location of the affected leg artery or arteries. Surgeries include: Aortobifemoral ...

By this time my left leg had gone limp, as if I had no control of it. Robert phoned our GP's surgery and within 30 minutes a locum had arrived. He asked me to move my eyes from side to side ...

Mr Whittington, who has 10 grandchildren, underwent life-saving pulmonary endarterectomy surgery at Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridgeshire. It is the only centre in the UK offering the ...