An Alternative Technique for the Surgical Correction of Kinked or Redundant Carotid Arteries

Abstract

Twenty patients with kinked and coiled arteries are presented, and their successful surgical management is described. In most of the patients, the redun dant artery was reimplanted into the common carotid artery, along with resec tion, if needed, to correct extreme redundancy. Alternatively, the authors used resection of the redundant posterior wall with insertion of a dacron velour patch anteriorly with equal success. Advantages of the latter technique are discussed.