Most patients undergoing carotid artery stenosis surgery can engage in light physical activity one month after surgery.
Surgery for carotid artery stenosis generally includes internal carotid stenting and internal carotid endarterectomy.
Internal carotid stenting is a minimally invasive procedure, so the recovery time is shorter, and light physical activity is usually possible after one week.
A few patients who have an internal carotid endarterectomy have a slightly longer recovery time, up to one month.
After these two kinds of surgery patients, both need to go to the hospital outpatient follow-up after three months after the operation. At the same time, lifestyle habits should be improved and the underlying disease should be actively treated to prevent re-stenosis of the artery.