[Intraoperative hypoxic preconditioning as a method of neuroprotection in operations on internal carotid arteries]

The present work was aimed at assessing safety and efficacy of hypoxic preconditioning of the brain as a method of protecting the central nervous system during operations on the internal carotid artery in patients presenting with atherosclerotic lesions of the carotid arteries. The study included a total of 72 patients who underwent carotid endarterectomy for haemodynamically significant atherosclerosis of carotid arteries. Based on the obtained findings, a conclusion was made on a possibility of using intraoperative hypoxic preconditioning for prevention of ischaemic complications from the development in the perioperative period.