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Isolated blunt trauma of the common carotid artery
1Department of Cardio-Vascular Surgery, Hospital N.S. Pino, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain.
The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
|December 1, 1993
Abstract:
We present the case of an isolated rupture of the common carotid after a non-penetrating trauma of the neck. The patient was diagnosed by auscultation, ultrasound examination and arteriography and subsequently operated. A carotid segment was resected and reconstructed by an interposed vascular graft. We comment on the mechanisms of carotid artery blunt trauma, diagnostic methods and surgical options in this uncommon situation.