title: Management of penetrating injury to the petrous internal carotid artery: case report.
abstract: We report the management of a penetrating foreign body injury to the neck with a length of fencing wire traversing the internal carotid artery within the petrous temporal bone and entering the middle cranial fossa. Discussion points include methods of haemorrhage control, as well as ligation versus repair or bypass as the definitive treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, Devon, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harper
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Dashfield
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: el-Shunnar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001037:Aphasia / Q000209:etiology; D020212:Carotid Artery Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000601:surgery*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019838:Neck Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed