[Carotid endarterectomy for acute ocular ischemia]

A V Gavrilenko1,2, A V Kuklin1, T N Kiseleva3

  • 1Russian Research Center of Surgery named after Academician B.V. Petrovsky, 119991, Moscow, Russian Federation.

Summary

Carotid endarterectomy significantly improved vision in patients with carotid artery stenosis and acute visual impairment, resolving amaurosis and expanding visual fields. Surgical intervention proved more effective than conservative treatment for visual function recovery.