Intimal lesion of the primitive carotid due to blunt neck trauma

Lesión intimal de la carótida primitiva por traumatismo cerrado de cuello

Peyroulou, Alfredo J. - Bergalli, Luis E. - Montandón, Pablo - Correa, Waldemar - Antúnez, Carlos - García Podestá, Pablo

Resumen:

The authors present one case of a 32 year old patient who suffered blunt trauma in the neck, with an intimal tear of the primitive carotid, clinically and radiologically diagnosed in the pre operative.A surgical solution of the case is presented. lnternational statistical data is provided, and the authors conclude that the sugpicion of carotid lesion must arise in all cases of cervical trauma; that an urgent arteriography must be performed to confirm the lesion and that once the lesion is confirmed it must be operated on inmediately.


Los autores presentan un caso de un paciente de 32 años que sufrió un traumatismo cerrado de cuello, con un desgarro intimal de carótida primitiva, diagnosticado clínica y radiológicamente en el preoperatorio.Se muestra su solución quirúrgica, se plantean los datos estadísticos internacionales, y se concluye en que debe sospecharse la lesión carotídea en todo trauma cervical, debe hacerse arteriografía de urgencia para demostrarla y una vez confirmada debe operarse al paciente de inmediato.


Detalles Bibliográficos
1982
traumatismo de cuello
cirugía
neck trauma
surgery
Español
Sociedad de Cirugía del Uruguay
Revista Cirugía del Uruguay
https://revista.scu.org.uy/index.php/cir_urug/article/view/3374
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Resumen:
Sumario:The authors present one case of a 32 year old patient who suffered blunt trauma in the neck, with an intimal tear of the primitive carotid, clinically and radiologically diagnosed in the pre operative.A surgical solution of the case is presented. lnternational statistical data is provided, and the authors conclude that the sugpicion of carotid lesion must arise in all cases of cervical trauma; that an urgent arteriography must be performed to confirm the lesion and that once the lesion is confirmed it must be operated on inmediately.