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Research data from University of Tokushima, Department of Neurosurgery update understanding of ischemia

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, April 27th, 2007

Research findings, "Hemodynamic cerebral ischemia during carotid endarterectomy evaluated by intraoperative monitoring and post-operative diffusion-weighted imaging," are discussed in a new report. According to a study from Tokushima, Japan, "We used the result of monitoring to evaluate patients with post-operative neurological deficits attributable to hemodynamic cerebral ischemia owing to cross-clamping of the carotid artery. We evaluated 131 carotid endarterectomy (CEA) procedures performed on 118 patients, 96 men and 22 women ranging in age from 38 to 82 years (mean: 67.1 years)."

"For monitoring, we used a combination of somatosensory evoked potential (SEP),...

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