Open AccessHistorical overview of carotid artery surgical treatment
Author(s) -
Petar Popov,
Dario Jocić,
Srdjan Babić,
Slobodan Tanasković,
Predrag Jovanović,
Dragoslav Nenezić,
Nenad Ilijevski,
Djordje Radak
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2406-0895
pISSN - 0370-8179
DOI - 10.2298/sarh0806324p
Subject(s) - medicine , carotid endarterectomy , carotid arteries , surgery , internal carotid artery , endarterectomy , surgical procedures , disease , general surgery
Since antiquity, there has been a mystery about the cerebral circulation function. Scientific methods were introduced in research at the end of the nineteenth century. During the first half of the last century, the problem of occlusive carotid disease was defined and the basis for the surgical treatment of carotid disease was established. The first contemporary reconstructive surgical procedures were performed in the middle of the last century, the time when successful surgical treatment of carotid disease began. Today, carotid endarterectomy is one the most frequently performed vascular surgical procedures of all, followed by very low morbidity and mortality rates.