Simultaneous bilateral carotid endarterectomy operations.

Clinical reasoning and sound physiologic data have been the bases for performing bilateral simultaneous carotid endarterectomy operations in 25 patients recently. The results have compared favorably with unilateral carotid endarterectomy operations in 100 patients over the same time span. Thus, there is ample basis for performing operations simultaneously when bilateral carotid endarterectomy operations are indicated.