| Methods |
Monocentric
Randomisation: non‐stratified; following a list of at random generated binary digits
Cross‐over = 2
Recruitment period: November 1988 to November 1991
Mean follow up = 338 days (375 + 276 days)
No patients were lost to follow up |
| Participants |
170 patients (23% female)
Mean age 65 years (43 to 85 years)
200 CEA
30 patients randomised twice (bilateral procedures)
Asymptomatic = 23%: 23% in eversion group and 23% in control group |
| Interventions |
Two groups
Control: sapheneous vein patch CEA
Treatment: 102 eversion CEA and 98 saphenous vein patch CEA |
| Outcomes |
Perioperative death
Perioperative and late stroke
Carotid restenosis/occlusion
Local complications: cranial nerve injuries, false aneurysm |
| Notes |
Exclusions: reinterventions, fibromuscolar dysplasia, kinking, carotid body tumor, aneurysm, dissection
Two different techniques for eversion CEA
Patients randomised twice = 30 (bilateral procedures) |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Allocation concealment? |
Unclear risk |
B ‐ Unclear |
