Carotid endarterectomy surgery usually takes between 1 hour and 3 hours, depending on the patient’s condition and the difficulty of the operation.
The difficulty of the operation varies due to the different vascular anatomy in the neck of each individual. If the patient’s neck blood vessels have a tortuous route, or if the patient is obese, the blood vessels are more difficult to expose, which will increase the difficulty of separating the blood vessels, thus prolonging the operation time.
Typically, the operation time is around 1 hour, and may reach 3 hours for individual patients with more complex anatomy. If the stenosis is high and relatively difficult to expose, the operation time will be further prolonged and unpredictable.
In addition, due to the different sensitivity of patients to anesthesia drugs, the postoperative anesthesia awake time also varies. Patients who are more sensitive to anesthesia drugs have a longer postoperative anesthesia awake time, which in turn also prolongs the operation time accordingly.
It is recommended that patients choose regular hospitals for carotid endarterectomy surgery, and the specific operation time can be consulted with the target hospital.