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Management of the internal carotid artery during carotid body tumor surgery
Author(s) -
Anand Vinod K.,
Alemar Gilberto O.,
Sanders Tammy S.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-199503000-00001
Subject(s) - medicine , carotid body , internal carotid artery , carotid arteries , balloon , radiology , blood flow , cerebral blood flow , surgery , occlusion , cardiology
Patients with carotid body tumors require accurate preoperative assessment of vessel involvement and the probable impact of interrupting blood flow through the internal carotid artery. Recent developments in imaging, methods of measuring cerebral blood flow, balloon occlusion testing, and techniques to maintain vascular flow when a graft is required have improved the surgeon's ability to completely resect these tumors with reduced complications. We discuss these methods with respect to our review of 20 carotid body tumors in 18 patients. Twenty‐five percent of patients were misdiagnosed, and in four patients injury to the vessel wall required appropriate surgical intervention.