title: Traumatic dissection of the internal carotid artery treated by ECIC anastomosis.
abstract: A patient with traumatic dissection of the left internal carotid artery (ICA) was treated by extracranial-intracranial (ECIC) anastomosis. Anastomosis was performed because the near total occlusion of the left ICA was associated with a cerebral transient ischemic attack. At surgery, an embolus was found in a cortical branch of the middle cerebral artery and was removed at the time of the ECIC. Traumatic dissection of the ICA is briefly reviewed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D020212:Carotid Artery Injuries; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male