[Remote results of open surgical and endovascular treatment of internal carotid artery stenoses].

The article is a review containing a comparative analysis of the remote results in patients presenting with carotid artery atherosclerosis and treated by means of either stenting or carotid endarterectomy. More than ten international randomized studies have up to now been conducted. Some of them prove the advantage of using either carotid endarterectomy or stenting of carotid arteries, others show equivalence of both methods of treatment.

[Comparing the risks for the development of perioperative complications in carotid endarterectomy and carotid angioplasty].

The article is a literature review presenting a comparative analysis of 30-day risks of mortality and complications after carotid endarterectomy and carotid angioplasty with stenting. The risks studied were as follows: myocardial infarction, stroke, transitory ischaemic attacks, bradycardia, hypotension, postoperative haematomas, and damages to the craniocerebral nerves. The authors analysed a series of recently published foreign studies and meta-analyses dedicated to the problem concerned.