What to do for an elderly person with 80% to 99% right carotid stenosis

  The elderly are at high risk for various cerebrovascular diseases, and diseases such as carotid stenosis are very common. Carotid artery is the main channel of blood supply to the human brain, once the carotid artery stenosis occurs, the blood supply to the brain is insufficient and the brain tissue is prone to hypoxic necrosis, which is a serious threat to life and health. Carotid artery stenosis should be taken seriously and treated and controlled as early as possible to avoid harm.  Severe carotid artery stenosis requires surgery What should be done for elderly people with 80% to 99% right carotid artery stenosis? Carotid stenosis is graded according to the lumen stenosis rate. Stenosis rate below 50% is mild, 50%-70% is moderate, and above 70% is severe. Generally speaking, mild stenosis is recommended to be treated conservatively by internal medicine, but this elderly man has a right carotid stenosis of 80% or more, which means that the problem is quite serious. According to the classification of carotid artery stenosis, this is a severe stenosis, which cannot be solved by medication alone. Carotid endarterectomy is an effective way to do this.  After scientific evaluation, elderly people can also receive surgical treatment. Some people may worry that the elderly cannot withstand surgery at an older age, but it should be reminded that cerebrovascular diseases like carotid stenosis are inherently more prevalent in the elderly, so as long as the elderly are physically able, it is natural to consider carotid endarterectomy as the first choice. However, in order to ensure the safety of the surgery, you must choose a regular hospital, and before the surgery, professional experts will conduct a detailed pre-operative examination and scientific assessment of the patient, and experts will give a correct answer whether the surgery can be performed or not.  The team has more than a thousand cases of surgical experience with good results It is reported that at present, in the treatment of such cerebrovascular diseases as carotid stenosis, the neurosurgery department of cerebrovascular disease led by me is very professional in this area and is good at surgical treatment of carotid stenosis is very good and skilled. Our team uses a relatively advanced carotid endarterectomy procedure from abroad, which is effective in treating moderate to severe carotid stenosis.  Carotid endarterectomy is the best treatment for carotid artery stenosis. This technique can peel off the sclerotic plaque accumulated in the lumen of the patient’s carotid artery, thus helping to restore the blood flow in the lumen of the patient’s carotid artery and subsequently improving the patient’s symptoms of cerebral ischemia. To date, our team has successfully performed more than a thousand cases of carotid endarterectomy, and has received high praise for the excellent postoperative recovery results.