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Does Universal Bypass before Carotid Artery Occlusion Obviate the Need for Balloon Test Occlusion: Personal Experience with Extracranial–Intracranial Bypass in 23 Patients

AIM: Carotid artery ligation carries a potential risk of ischemic complications even in patients with good collaterals and adequate cross-circulation. Preoperative assessment through balloon test occlusion (BTO) is technically challenging and not feasible in all patients. We analyze our experience w...

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Autores principales: Menon, Girish, Menon, Sudha, Hegde, Ajay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6454976/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31001004
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_381_18