Biomedical subjects

B Theodotou

Publications and source records attributed to B Theodotou.

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PubMed1985

Complications following carotid endarterectomy for all indications: report of 192 operations.

The complications (stroke, myocardial infarction, and death) with 192 endarterectomies performed on 162 patients were evaluated and categorized according to the presenting syndrome: asymptomatic bruit, transient ischemic attack, stroke, stroke in progress, and posterior fossa ischemia. Each group's complication rate was then evaluated over several postoperative periods (0.5 hour to 30 days) and compared with rates in comparable studies. Overall mortality for the entire series was 0.5%. This study points out the need to separate patients having undergone endarterectomy into presenting groups before comparing with other studies having similar postoperative observations.

Carotid Artery Diseases↗

PubMed1984

Spinal subdural empyema: diagnosis by spinal computed tomography.

The authors describe the use of metrizamide spinal computed tomography scan to delineate the surgical extent of spinal subdural empyema in a 65-year-old diabetic female.

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Injury of the peripheral cranial nerves during carotid endarterectomy.

The incidence of local nerve injury among 192 consecutive carotid endarterectomies in 162 patients between 1977-1983 was determined from review of the medical records. Two facial nerve, 5 hypoglossal nerve, and 2 vagus nerve injuries were discovered for a total incidence of 4.7%. Only the 2 facial nerve injuries failed to improve over 2 years. Followup ranged from 1 to 60 months in this group of patients. Careful attention to details of tissue dissection at surgery should lower the incidence of nerve injury during carotid endarterectomy.

Carotid Arteries↗