A Protocol-Based Decision for Choosing a Proper Surgical Treatment Option for Carotid Artery Stenosis

  • Jang E
  • Chung J
  • Seo K
  • et al.
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: There are two established surgical treatment options for carotid artery stenosis. Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) has been accepted as a gold standard for surgical treatment while carotid artery stenting (CAS) has recently become an alternative option. Each treatment option has advantages and disadvantages for the treatment outcomes. We propose a protocol for selection of a proper surgical treatment option for carotid artery stenosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 192 published articles on management of carotid artery stenosis were reviewed. Preoperatively considerable factors which had been repeatedly noted in those articles for the risk/benefits of CEA or CAS were selected. According to those factors, a protocol with four categories was established. RESULTS: CEA or CAS is indicated when the patient has a symptomatic stenosis >/= 50%, or when the patient has an asymptomatic stenosis >/= 80%. Each treatment option has absolute indications and favorable indications. Each absolute indication is scored with three points, and each favorable indication, one point. Based on the highest scores, a proper treatment option (CEA or CAS) is selected. CONCLUSION: We have been treating patients according to this protocol and evaluating the outcomes of our protocol-based decision because this protocol might be helpful in assessment of risk/benefit for selection of a proper surgical treatment option in patients with carotid artery stenosis.

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Jang, E.-W., Chung, J., Seo, K.-D., Suh, S. H., Kim, Y. B., & Lee, K.-Y. (2015). A Protocol-Based Decision for Choosing a Proper Surgical Treatment Option for Carotid Artery Stenosis. Journal of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery, 17(2), 101. https://doi.org/10.7461/jcen.2015.17.2.101

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