Would you PLEASE at LEAST read up before attempting to post on these topics. You are clueless!

For example:

1. survival rates are very good. only about 10% of these patients experience post-surgical and/or medical complications, and most of those resolve. And if I remember correctly only about a third of those with any complications even needed prolonged hospitalization. (it's been awhile)...I'm guessing people are doing better than they were back in the 90s when I was still scrubbing for these. (i never first-assisted one of these...I was still only a scrub nurse...but I have scrubbed for more than two dozen endarterectomies...and all were successful)

2. Do. PLEASE. Look up the word 'anastomosis' (and reanastomosis) so that you can use it properly in a sentence.

LaurieAnnM:

It is not uncommon for those who need and have this surgery to not survive.

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and do what is known as an anastamosis of rejoining the ends of of the artery after excision of a very damaged strangulated portion of it..