This is the Scientific Surgery Archive, which contains all randomized clinical trials in surgery that have been identified by searching the top 50 English language medical journal issues since January 1998. Compiled by Jonothan J. Earnshaw, former Editor-in-Chief, BJS
Results of the stent-protected angioplasty versus carotid endarterectomy (SPACE) study to treat symptomatic stenoses at 2 years: a multinational, prospective, randomised trial Lancet Neurology 2008; 7: 893-902
Published: 1st January 2008
Authors: Eckstein H-H, Ringleb P, Allenberg J-R, Berger J, Fraedrich G, Hacke W et al et al.
Conclusion
After two years the ipsilateral stroke rate was 9.5 per cent after stenting compared with
8.8 per cent after surgery (p=0.62) in this trial that included 1214 procedures. Recurrent stenosis (>70 per cent) was higher after stenting: 10.7 vs. 4.6 per cent, P=0.0007
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