Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

1 questions · 1 findings · 1 reviews · Stroke

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 1 · 100%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Perioperative ipsilateral stroke (< 30 days) · patients with symptomatic or asymptomatic carotid disease

Local anaesthesia showed no clear difference in ipsilateral stroke within 30 days of operation compared with general anaesthesia (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Local versus general anaesthesia for carotid endarterectomy 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
OR 1.03 [0.71, 1.48]
2 studies · 3733 participants
Low