Endovascular treatment of an open cervical fracture with carotid artery tear.
The dilemma of how to treat penetrating wound injuries to the neck, which involve a combination of a common carotid artery rupture and a cervical spinal fracture, is presented in this case report.
Witz
Misha
M
Vascular Surgery Unit, Sapir Medical Center, Kfar-Saba, Israel.
Gepstein
Reuven
R
Paran
Haim
H
Shnaker
Ali
A
Lehmann
Jonathan
J
Gryton
Igal
I
Shabat
Shay
S
D000293:Adolescent; D000792:Angiography; D020212:Carotid Artery Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009984:Orthopedic Fixation Devices; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications*