GALA: an international multicentre randomised trial comparing general anaesthesia versus local anaesthesia for carotid surgery.

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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Huvudupphovsmän: Gough, M, Bodenham, A, Horrocks, M, Colam, B, Lewis, S, Rothwell, P, Banning, A, Torgerson, D, Dellagrammaticas, D, Leigh-Brown, A, Liapis, C, Warlow, C
Materialtyp: Journal article
Språk:English
Publicerad: 2008

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