De Leo D, Serraiotto L, Pellegrini C, Magni G, Franceschi L, Deriu G P
Department of Psychiatry and Vascular Surgery, University of Padua School of Medicine, Italy.
Int J Psychiatry Med. 1987;17(4):317-25. doi: 10.2190/1grb-rkbh-nb2a-ppwr.
A preliminary study was carried out on a population of twenty-five consecutive and unselected patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy. A matched control group of subjects suffering from same pathology, but unoperated, was compared to experimental sample. A battery of neuropsychological tests, the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale and the Jachuck's Quality of Life Impairment Scale were administered one week before surgery, two weeks after (surgical sample only) and then eight months later. The research shows that carotid endarterectomy does not impair neuropsychological performances, but produces some improvement, reaching significant level in the case of Word Fluency 1 and Similarities tests; depressive scores remained substantially unchanged, while quality of life improved slightly.
对连续25例未经挑选且接受颈动脉内膜切除术的患者进行了一项初步研究。将一组患有相同疾病但未接受手术的匹配对照组受试者与实验样本进行比较。在手术前一周、术后两周（仅手术样本）以及八个月后，进行了一系列神经心理学测试、zung自评抑郁量表和贾丘克生活质量损害量表测试。研究表明，颈动脉内膜切除术不会损害神经心理学表现，反而会产生一些改善，在词语流畅性1和相似性测试中达到显著水平；抑郁评分基本保持不变，而生活质量略有改善。
