TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1989//
TI  - Carotid artery injuries: experience with 124 cases
JO  - Journal of trauma
A1  - Demetriades, Demetrios
A1  - Skalkides, J.
A1  - Sofianos, C.
A1  - Melissas, J.
A1  - Franklin, J.
SP  - 91
EP  - 94
VL  - 29
IS  - 1
N2  - 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-5282
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -