Regional or general anesthesia for a carotid endarterectomy?

had this done. general anesthesia. best way to go.

probally general? put you completly asleep.

An endarterectomy is by definition, an excision within your artery. Unless there's some health reason for not using general, you ough to opt for it. The location of that surgery will be very uncomfortable and odd for you if you're awake.

Here is a blurb from a piece of information that I have about it:
"You may either be put to sleep or, alternatively, your surgeon can numb your neck area and keep you awake so you can communicate with the surgeon during the operation. By staying awake, you may help your physician monitor your brain's reaction to the decreased blood supply. Once you are either asleep or the area around your neck is completely numb, your surgeon will shave the skin on your neck where he or she is going to make an incision, to help prevent infections. Your surgeon then makes the incision on one side of your neck to expose your blocked carotid artery. Your surgeon then temporarily clamps your carotid artery to stop blood from flowing through it. During the procedure, your brain receives blood from the carotid artery on the other side of your neck. Alternatively, your surgeon can insert a shunt to detour the blood around the artery that is being repaired."