Pre- Surgical Testing Increasing Positive Outcome

The only time you need additional testing is if you have symptoms that might indicate vascular compression of either the internal carotid artery or internal jugular vein. I was diagnosed only by a CT w/o contrast prior to having my ES surgeries. That was all that was needed & both of my surgeries turned out to be very successful.

Here’s a post @Jules wrote that give information about vascular symptoms. In the absence of these, the scan you’ve had is enough for a doctor to diagnose you & offer surgery.

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