Intermediate-term outcome of carotid endarterectomy with bovine pericardial patch closure compared with Dacron patch and primary closure

Objectives: Large medicare databases and meta-analyses recommend routine patching following carotid endarterectomy (CEA). Routine patching reduces perioperative stroke, carotid thrombosis, and restenosis. This 30 year experience evaluates the long term outcome of CEA with selective patching and without routine postoperative duplex examination. Methods: An IRB-approved retrospective review of all CEAs peformed by two surgeons over a 30 year period (1984-2014). Pre-operative imaging studies, operative reports, physical findings, co-morbid conditions, and pre- and postoperative medications were evaluated. Results: Over a 30-year period, 439 CEAs were performed for symptomatic carotid disease using a selective patch technique depending on gender, internal carotid artery diameter, cardiovascular risk factors, and preoperative arteriogram. In this group of 439 patients, 17 (3.9%) had patch closure of the carotid artery and the other 422 (96.1%) had primary closure. There were 2 (0.47%) perioperative strokes in the primary closure group and 4 (0.95%) patients in this group developed symptomatic carotid restenosis at a mean follow-up of 49.5 months (range 1 to 237 months). There was 1 (5.8%) carotid thrombosis in the patch closure group who also had a perioperative stroke and was serologically positive for a hypercoagulable disorder. The 4 patients who developed symptomatic restenosis had arteriographically proven > 90% stenosis and required repeat CEA. The remaining 418 (99.0%) patients having primary closure remained neurologically asymptomatic (mean follow-up 10.3 years, range 2.5 to 17 years). There was 1 (0.23%) operative death that occurred following the induction of general anesthesia. Conclusions: In this experience, there is no statistically significant difference in restenosis in the primary closure group and selective patch group following CEA. Although this data set is a small, single center, two surgeon, retrospective review, it does not support the generally well accepted view of routine patching following CEA

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Reanalysis of Factors Predicting Recurrent Stenosis in a Prospective Randomized Trial of Carotid Endarterectomy Comparing Primary Closure and Patch Closure

Vascular Surgery ◽

10.1177/153857440003400406 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 34 (4) ◽

pp. 319-329 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ali F. AbuRahma ◽

Patrick A. Robinson ◽

Bryan K. Richmond

Keyword(s):

Randomized Trial ◽

Carotid Endarterectomy ◽

Primary Closure ◽

Prospective Randomized Trial ◽

Recurrent Stenosis ◽

Patch Closure

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PATCH ANGIOPLASTY INCREASES PLATELET DEPOSITION FOLLOWING CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY

10.1055/s-0038-1643953 ◽

1987 ◽

Author(s):

A C Meek ◽

P Jarvis ◽

R A Harper ◽

C N McCollum

Keyword(s):

Carotid Endarterectomy ◽

Gamma Camera ◽

Thrombus Formation ◽

Uptake Ratio ◽

Simple Closure ◽

Patch Angioplasty ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Patch Closure ◽

Platelet Accumulation ◽

Dacron Patch

Patch angioplasty with vein or Dacron may be required to prevent narrowing when the arteriotomy is closed following carotid endarterectomy. We studied the effect of such patches on intraluminal thrombus formation by measuring radiolabelled platelet uptake in patients following simple closure and patch angioplasty.Following unilateral carotid endarterectomy in 33 patients, the arteriotomy was closed by direct suture in 23, Dacron patch in 6 and saphenous vein patch in 4. Autologous 111In-platelets were infused on the second postoperative day and platelet uptake over the carotid measured on daily gamma camera images for 3 days. Radioactivity over the operated and contralateral carotids were compared as the Carotid Uptake Ratio.Mean (±sem) counts per gamma camera cell at 24 hours in the operated carotid of 43.6±3.0 were consistently higher than the reference artery of 35.4±2.4 (p<0.001). The overall carotid uptake ratio was 1.21±0.04 with that of 1.41±0.07 in patch angioplasty significantly higher than 1.14±0.04 found following standard arteriotomy closure (p<0.01). All 10 patch angioplasties were easily visible as "hot spots" on gamma camera compared to only 11 out of 23 with simple closure but there was no significant difference between platelet uptake with vein or Dacron patches with ratios of 1.47±0.35 and 1.37±0.15 respectively (p>0.5).The greater local platelet accumulation with patch angioplasty may be due to turbulence from excessive widening of the vessel combined with the thrombogenic surface following endarterectomy. Until the significance of platelet accumulation is established platelet inhibitory therapy should be considered when patch closure is unavoidable.

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