Table 3. Perioperative complications within 30 days of carotid endarterectomy.

	Number of patients
Major morbidity/mortality (stroke, death)	11
Stroke	9
Death
Acute myocardial infarction	1
Thoracic aortic aneurysm rupture	1
Minor morbidity
Local complication
Cranial nerve injury	Transient	Permanent
Facial nerve	2	1
Hypoglossal nerve	10
Laryngeal nerve	2
Laryngeal edema	20
Hyperperfusion	3
Bleeding, hematoma	18
Systemic complication
Operation related	None
Operation non-related
Pneumonia	3
Acute myocardial infarction	2