Emergency glomus-saving autotransplantation of the internal carotid artery in the acute period of ischemic stroke

Purpose. Analysis of the immediate results of emergency glomus-sparing auto-transplantation of the internal carotid artery (ICA) in the acute period of ischemic stroke, developed on the basis of the City Alexandrovskaya Hospital, St. Petersburg.
Material and methods. In this prospective, single-center study from January 2017 to August 2020. 49 patients were included in the acute period of ischemic stroke with hemodynamically significant extended atherosclerotic lesions of the ICA. All patients underwent glomus-sparing ICA autotransplantation, developed on the basis of the City Alexandrovskaya Hospital, St. Petersburg (Kazantsev A. N., Zarkua N. E., Chernykh K. P. et al. Аrteries with extended atherosclerotic lesions of the internal carotid artery. Patent application No. 202.013.4151/14 (062595), filing date 10/16/2020). Glomus-sparing ICA autotransplantation, developed on the basis of the City Alexandrovskaya Hospital, St. Petersburg, was performed as follows. On the inner edge of the external carotid artery (ECA), adjacent to the carotid sinus, 2–3 cm above the orifice, depending on the spread of atherosclerotic plaque (ASB), arteriotomy was performed with the transition to the common carotid artery (CCA) (also 2–3 see below the mouth of the NSA). The ICA was cut off at the site formed by the sections of the wall of the NSA and the CCA. Then the ICA was cut off as distally as possible in front of the hypoglossal nerve, so that the artery was completely resected. In view of the presence of an intact carotid glomus on the resected area of the ICA, which connects it to the wound, endarterectomy from the ICA was performed inside the operating field by its complete eversion. Then, open endarterectomy from ECA and CCA was performed. At the next stage, the ICA was implanted in its previous place with the creation of proximal and distal end-to-end anastomoses, so that the continuing ASB above the endarterectomy zone was fixed with a circular vascular suture.
Results. There were no complications in the postoperative period. No cases of restenosis / thrombosis of the reconstruction zone were identified in all the sample according to the color duplex scanning data. On the 7th day after the operation, all patients were diagnosed with regression of neurological symptoms according to the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale: on admission, the mean score was 10.5±3.5; at the moment of the control point — 6.5±1.5; p=0.001. This reflects the effectiveness of the chosen treatment strategy. According to the data on the dynamics of systolic blood pressure, stable systolic parameters were observed in the postoperative period against the background of antihypertensive therapy taken before the operation.
Conclusion. Carotid endarterectomy in the acute period of ischemic stroke is safe in the presence of mild neurological deficits (up to 25 points on the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale) and the diameter of the ischemic focus in the brain not exceeding 2.5 cm according to the computer data. tomography. Glomussparing ICA autotransplantation, developed on the basis of the Aleksandrovskaya Hospital, St. Petersburg, does not require the use of a patch and is not characterized by the risk of developing ICA thrombosis as a result of intimal detachment behind the endarterectomy zone. Preservation of the carotid glomus during reconstructive intervention on the ICA prevents the development of labile arterial hypertension and hemorrhagic transformation in the postoperative period.

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