Cervical vessel injury after blunt trauma.
J Vasc Surg
; 8(4): 501-8, 1988 Oct.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-3050159
Blunt trauma accounts for 3% to 10% of cervical vessel injuries. Death and severe neurologic impairment have been reported in more than 80% of blunt carotid injuries. In our recent experience, 10 patients sustained 18 blunt cervical arterial injuries: two internal carotid artery (ICA) dissections, three ICA transections with pseudoaneurysm, five ICA thromboses, two vertebral artery dissections, one vertebral artery transection with pseudoaneurysm, one vertebral artery thrombosis, one minimal vertebral artery injury, and three caroticocavernous fistulas. A delay of more than 12 hours in making the diagnosis occurred in seven of the 10 patients. The mental status was initially normal in seven patients. The subsequent development of focal neurologic findings incongruent with CT scanning of the head prompted four-vessel angiography. Treatment was individualized and included supportive management, intravenous heparin, ligation, extracranial-intracranial bypass, and radiologic embolization. We have developed an angiographic classification that may aid management. Early angiography in patients with neurologic findings incongruent with head CT scan or in whom a normal sensorium and hemiparesis are present may permit improved outcomes. We advocate direct operative repair for accessible lesions of recent onset. For surgically inaccessible lesions, those with delayed presentation or in some cases with a fixed neurologic deficit, intravenous heparin can be started and follow-up angiography, head CT scanning, and the patient's clinical status determine further therapy.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Arteria Vertebral
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Heridas no Penetrantes
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Enfermedades de las Arterias Carótidas
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Seno Cavernoso
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Fístula Arteriovenosa
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Traumatismos de las Arterias Carótidas
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Vasc Surg
Asunto de la revista:
ANGIOLOGIA
Año:
1988
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos