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Claudication on mastication following bilateral external carotid ligation
1Department of Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Head & Neck
|May 1, 1990
Abstract:
Ligation of both external carotid arteries to control epistaxis can produce a decrease in the blood supply of the muscles of mastication sufficient to cause pain typical of claudication while chewing. We report 3 cases of this complication. We advocate that this procedure be used only in special circumstances.