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Submitted on October 19, 2004
Accepted on November 5, 2004

Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials of Patch Angioplasty Versus Primary Closure During Carotid Endarterectomy

R. Bond MBBS, Dphil, FRCS; K. Rerkasem MD, PhD; A. R. Naylor MD, FRCS; A. F. Abu Rahma MD, FRCS, FACS; and P. M. Rothwell MD, PhD, FRCP^*

From the Stroke Prevention Research Unit (R.B., P.M.R.), University Department of Clinical Neurology, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK; the Vascular Group, Department of Surgery (K.R.), Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand; the Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery (A.R.N.), Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK; and the Department of Surgery (A.F.A.R.), Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center of West Virginia University, Charleston.

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: peter.rothwell{at}clneuro.ox.ac.uk.

Key words: angioplasty • endarterectomy, carotid