Surgical treatment of distal cervical internal carotid artery aneurysm.
We report on a 55-year-old male with an internal carotid artery aneurysm at the level of the second cervical vertebra. Since ant-coagulation therapy failed to prevent the ischemic attack, aneurysmectomy with arterial reconstruction was performed. Vertical mandibular osteotomy allowed a wide working space in deep operative field. This technique is considered to be useful in surgery for aneurysms of the extracranial distal internal carotid artery.
Kawanishi
M
M
Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka Medical College, Japan.
Nagasawa
S
S
Sugie
A
A
Kawabata
S
S
Kuroiwa
T
T
Ohta
T
T
Tajima
S
S
Ohba
S
S
Kajikawa
H
H
D000783:Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck / Q000098:blood supply*; D010027:Osteotomy