Ischemic Postconditioning in Carotid Surgery

After the initial declamping of the carotid artery the procedure is performed with 6 cycles of reperfusion of 30 seconds each (clamping of the internal carotid artery) which are successively followed by 6 cycles of ischemia lasting 30 seconds (clamping of the internal carotid artery). Clamping is done on the unaltered ICA, at the clamping site prior to performing CEA above the plaque termination point.

Standard Eversion Carotid Endarterectomy