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GALA: an international multicentre randomised trial comparing general anaesthesia versus local anaesthesia for carotid surgery
BACKGROUND: Patients who have severe narrowing at or near the origin of the internal carotid artery as a result of atherosclerosis have a high risk of ischaemic stroke ipsilateral to the arterial lesion. Previous trials have shown that carotid endarterectomy improves long-term outcomes, particularly...
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BioMed Central
2008
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2413207/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18495004 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-9-28 |