Blunt carotid injury
Povýsil, P.; Slovácek, R.; Adámek, M.; Krupka, B.
Rozhledy V Chirurgii Mesicnik Ceskoslovenske Chirurgicke Spolecnosti 88(12): 704-707
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-9351 PMID: 20662433 Document Number: 632304
Blunt injury of the carotid artery is uncommon but serious injury with high mortality and morbidity. The symptomatology may be inconspicuous, in other case a neurological deficit is present. The cause is mainly head hyperexstension and rotation, basal scull fracture, compression, blunt stroke. The diagnosis is usually confirmed by CT scan, CT angiography, MRI. In the therapy in present prevail heparin anticoagulation and endovascular stent implantation in some cases.