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Routine or selective carotid artery shunting for carotid endarterectomy (and different methods of monitoring in selective shunting).

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BACKGROUND: Temporary interruption of cerebral blood flow during carotid endarterectomy can be avoided by using a shunt across the clamped section of the carotid artery. This may improve outcome. This is an update of a Cochrane Review originally published in 1996 and previously updated in 2001. OBJECTIVES: To assess the effect of routine versus selective, or never, shunting during carotid endarterectomy, and to assess the best method for selecting patients for shunting. SEARCH STRATEGY: We se...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Engineering Science
Sub department:
Institute of Biomedical Engineering
Role:
Author
Journal:
Cochrane database of systematic reviews
Issue:
4
Pages:
CD000190
Publication date:
2009-01-01
DOI:
EISSN:
1469-493X
ISSN:
1469-493X
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
pubs:119606
UUID:
uuid:09d29ffe-0083-4fe6-a905-3520517c3f36
Local pid:
pubs:119606
Source identifiers:
119606
Deposit date:
2012-12-19

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