The aim of the study was to compare the combined morbidity and mortality rate for carotid surgery under the conditions of general - and locoregional anaesthesia.
439 consecutive endarterectomies were included from january 1996 to june 2000.
The MM - rate was 4,46 % for general anaesthesia ( 224 cases ) and 2,79 % for locoregional anaesthesia ( 215 cases ).
The difference is not significant for alpha = 5 %.
Raemisch, Jürgen: Allgemein - versus Regionalanaesthesie bei der Operation der Arteria carotis interna. : Philipps-Universität Marburg 2009-01-12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17192/z2008.0982.
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