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Table 1 Perioperative characteristics of randomized CEA patients with patch angioplasty versus CEA patients with primary closure of all included trials

From: Carotid endarterectomy with patch angioplasty versus primary closure in patients with symptomatic and significant stenosis: a systematic review with meta-analyses and trial sequential analysis of randomized clinical trials

Author and year

Anesthesia

TCD

Pressure assessment

Shunt

Asymptomatic

Pratesi 1986 [63]

U

U

U

U

10/100 operations

Vleeschauwer 1987 [50]

U

U

U

Used when indicated

U

Eikelboom 1988 [64]

General

U

U

Used when indicated

23/129 operations

Clagett, 1989 [55]

General

Standardized

U

Always

36/152 operations

Lord 1989 [51]

U

U

Routine

Used when indicated

U

Ranaboldo 1993 [59]

U

U

U

Used when indicated

17/213 operations

Katz 1994 [52]

General

Standardized

U

Standardized

38/100 operations

De Letter 1993 [65]

U

U

U

U

U

Myers 1994 [53]

General

Standardized

U

Standardized

40/163 operations

Aburahma 1996 [62]

General

Standardized

U

Standardized

133/399 operations

Mannheim 2005 [54]

Plexus (9 patients general)

U

Routine

Used when indicated

217/422 operations

Al-Rawi 2006 [61]

General

Standardized

U

Used when indicated

31/328 operations

  1. TCD Transcranial Doppler, U Unknown, V Vein patch, PTFE Polytetrafluoroethylene patch, OV Obligatory vein patch, SV Saphenous vein patch, JV Jugular vein patch