title: Surgical management of severe common carotid artery injury after mediastinoscopy.
abstract: Mediastinoscopy is a widely used method to achieve pathologic diagnosis of enlarged lymph nodes or undefined mediastinal solid mass. Aortic arch penetration and injury of the supraaortic arteries are rare but very dangerous complications of mediastinoscopy. We describe the hazardous transportation of a 57-year-old woman after mediastinoscopic injury of the right common carotid artery and its successful repair with cardiopulmonary bypass and deep hypothermia.
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland. juerg.schmidli@insel.ch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schmidli
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Vogt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Genoni
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Turina
mesh_terms: D017732:Air Ambulances; D001706:Biopsy / Q000009:adverse effects; D020212:Carotid Artery Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008481:Mediastinoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014187:Transportation of Patients