ABSTRACT
As mentioned previously in the text, I stopped using the operating microscope for carotid repair when I adopted a strategy of universal roof patch grafting. This photograph shows an older case of mine and the extremely fine ICA repair that is possible under the microscope, and many of my colleagues continue to value this surgical approach. In this case the 6-0 Prolene repair on the ICA is almost invisible to the unaided eye when the microscope has been removed. The bulldog clamp is on the ECA.
