Surgical treatment of carotid kinking.
The authors take in exam 34 anatomical variation in the extracranial internal carotid artery (compared with more than 450 operated carotid artery), 15 of which involved kinking in patients with overt neurological symptoms, underwent corrective surgical treatment, and test the most useful and appropriate techniques in any case.
Zanetti
P P
PP
Division of General and Thoraco-Vascular Surgery, Civilian Hospital, Asti, Italy.
Rosa
G
G
Cavanenghi
D
D
Sorisio
V
V
Amerio
G M
GM
Stillo
R
R
Zappa
A
A
Muncinelli
M
M
Franco
M
M
Cardellino
S
S
D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged