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. 1984 Sep;66(5):361–364.

Experience with barbiturate therapy for cerebral protection during carotid endarterectomy.

W J McMeniman, J P Fletcher, J M Little
PMCID: PMC2493663  PMID: 6486674

Abstract

Carotid endarterectomy was performed 28 times in 27 patients. All but one patient had symptomatic carotid artery disease, 59% had bilateral disease and 59% had associated intracranial disease. Barbiturate therapy was used as a means of cerebral protection during carotid artery cross-clamping. Neurological deficit occurred in two patients, being permanent in one patient (3.5%); both patients had bilateral carotid and intracranial disease and both had carotid stump pressures greater than 55 mmHg. No morbidity could be attributed to barbiturate usage.

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