Case reports – common and external carotid artery resection in head and neck cancer patients

Most head and neck cancer patients are first referred to an E.N.T. specialist thus the need for that surgeon to be the leader of the multidisciplinary team. Oncological surgical interventions need to ensure clear resection margins; this means that whatever anatomic structures are involved in the tumor spread, need to be resected. The carotid artery is a vascular vessel system that provides blood supply for the head and neck region, the most important structure being the brain and its organs. The ligation or the resection of the common carotid artery leads to an abrupt decrease of blood flow towards the brain, which can cause single sided paralysis, decreased cognitive functions, shock and even death. Common or internal carotid arteries ligatures or resections can be performed in patients with malignant tumors of the head and neck. This is a synopsis of 2 successful cases of patients who underwent common and external carotid artery resection.

• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Journal of Medicine and Life

• Publication date

  2013-06-15

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  PMID 23904880PMCID 3725445
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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