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Auditing carotid endarterectomy: a regional experience.
Can J Neurol Sci
November 2002
Division of Neurosurgery, University of Alberta, Clinical Quality Resource and Risk Management Department, Capital Health Authority, Alberta, Canada.
Background: Proof from randomized controlled trials that carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is efficacious in stroke prevention has resulted in a large resurgence of its use in recent years. We wished to determine if patients in our region were being selected and treated with complication rates consistent with the randomized trials.
Methods: We have completed four audits of CEAs performed in our region since 1994, each followed by feed-back of results to the participating surgeons.