The temporal trend in techniques for carotid artery surgery performed for carotid atherosclerosis is shown in fig 1. Carotid artery surgery at our institution started in 1977, with 833 patients ...
From January 1991 to December 2004, 5,034 primary ECEAs were performed for high-grade carotid stenosis. Patients treated for restenosis after previous carotid surgery were excluded from the analysis.