Carotid artery injuries: experience with 124 cases.
J Trauma
; 29(1): 91-4, 1989 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-2911110
ABSTRACT
This is a retrospective study of 124 patients with carotid injuries. The common carotid artery was injured in 84% of the patients. Associated trauma to the internal jugular vein was present in 26%. Most patients (56%) were dead on arrival to the hospital and of those who were operated on, the mortality was 22% (overall mortality, 66%). All operative mortalities had severe shock or neurologic deficits on admission. We performed repair on all patients with preoperative neurologic deficits and the mortality was 64%. The use of a shunt did not influence the prognosis. We believe that there is no place for an emergency angiogram in order to diagnose a carotid injury or to plan the operation.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Ferimentos Penetrantes
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Lesões das Artérias Carótidas
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Trauma
Ano de publicação:
1989
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
África do Sul