Carotid endarterectomy—safe and effective in a neurosurgeon's hands: a 25-year single-surgeon experience.

Objective: Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is a procedure performed by both vascular surgeons and neurosurgeons in the UK. We present a single neurosurgeon's experience of 728 CEAs over 25 years, performed under both general and local anesthesia, and discuss the results in this context. Our objective was to report on the efficacy of CEA in the hands of a neurosurgeon.

Reliability assessment of computerized tomography scanning measurements in intracerebral hematoma.

Object: As one of the aspects of the International Surgical Trial in Intracerebral Haemorrhage (STICH), prerandomization computerized tomography (CT) scans were collected. In the present study the authors determined the inter-and intraobserver variability of various parameters pertinent to CT scans obtained in patients with intracerebral hematomas (ICHs).

Methods: A protocol was devised to analyze CT scans in a uniform and systematic manner.