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Role of completion angioscopy in detecting technical error after carotid endarterectomy. 1994

M E Gaunt, and A R Naylor, and D A Ratliff, and P R Bell

Department of Surgery, Leicester Royal Infirmary, UK.

Completion fibreoptic angioscopy was performed in 30 consecutive patients after carotid endarterectomy. The aim was to evaluate the potential role of angioscopy as a quality-control technique. Major abnormalities (two initial flaps, two large thrombi) were identified in four patients and minor adherent thrombus was encountered in five. All abnormalities were corrected before restoration of flow. This preliminary experience suggests that completion angioscopy merits further study as a method for the intraoperative detection of potentially harmful lesions after carotid endarterectomy.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007431	Intraoperative Complications	Complications that affect patients during surgery. They may or may not be associated with the disease for which the surgery is done, or within the same surgical procedure.	Peroperative Complications,Surgical Injuries,Complication, Intraoperative,Complication, Peroperative,Injuries, Surgical,Complications, Intraoperative,Complications, Peroperative,Injury, Surgical,Intraoperative Complication,Peroperative Complication,Surgical Injury
D011786	Quality Control	A system for verifying and maintaining a desired level of quality in a product or process by careful planning, use of proper equipment, continued inspection, and corrective action as required. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)	Control, Quality,Controls, Quality,Quality Controls
D002339	Carotid Arteries	Either of the two principal arteries on both sides of the neck that supply blood to the head and neck; each divides into two branches, the internal carotid artery and the external carotid artery.	Arteries, Carotid,Artery, Carotid,Carotid Artery
D005336	Fiber Optic Technology	The technology of transmitting light over long distances through strands of glass or other transparent material.	Fiber Optic Technologies,Optic Technologies, Fiber,Optic Technology, Fiber,Technologies, Fiber Optic,Technology, Fiber Optic
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D016894	Endarterectomy, Carotid	The excision of the thickened, atheromatous tunica intima of a carotid artery.	Carotid Endarterectomy,Carotid Endarterectomies,Endarterectomies, Carotid
D017546	Angioscopy	Endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery performed on the interior of blood vessels.	Angioscopic Surgical Procedures,Surgical Procedures, Angioscopic,Angioscopic Surgery,Surgery Angioscopic,Angioscopic Surgeries,Angioscopic Surgical Procedure,Angioscopic, Surgery,Angioscopics, Surgery,Angioscopies,Procedure, Angioscopic Surgical,Procedures, Angioscopic Surgical,Surgeries, Angioscopic,Surgery Angioscopics,Surgery, Angioscopic,Surgical Procedure, Angioscopic