Sources of air embolization during carotid surgery: The role of transcranial Doppler ultrasonography

✍ Scribed by M. E. Gaunt; Mr A. R. Naylor; R. D. Sayers; D. A. Ratliff; P. R. F. Bell

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 136 KB
• Volume: 80
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-1323
• DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800800916

✦ Synopsis

Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography (TCD) has shown that air embolization is relatively common during carotid surgery',' and this may be associated with neurological complications3. This report describes three unusual but preventable sources of presumed air embolization, one of which may have caused a minor neurological deficit.