1. In endarterectomy , the surgeon opens the artery and removes the plaque. 2. Carotid endarterectomies have been on the rise as their effectiveness has been established. 3. Recent studies suggest angioplasty and endarterectomy are roughly equal in effectiveness and complications. 4. Doctors say it could be an alternative to endarterectomy , the standard surgery. 5. A carotid endarterectomy may itself cause a stroke at the time of operation. 6. Beneficial effect of carotid endarterectomy in symptomatic patients with high grade carotid stenosis. 7. Controversy has surrounded carotid endarterectomy almost from the time it was introduced in 1954. 8. An estimated 91, 000 carotid endarterectomies were performed in 1992 in this country. 9. And the death risk from endarterectomy was remarkably low _ less than 1 percent. 10. Surgery called carotid endarterectomy has become a common method for reducing such plaque buildups.
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