Urgent endovascular covered-stent treatment of internal carotid artery injury caused by a gunshot.
Penetrating non-lethal injuries to the distal extra-cranial internal carotid artery are often a surgical challenge, because of the difficulty of direct exposure and repair of the internal carotid artery at the skull base. We describe a case of a successful emergency treatment, with an endovascular procedure using a PTFE covered-stent, of an internal carotid artery haemorrhagic pseudoaneurysm following penetrating trauma to the neck by single gunshot.
Department of Vascular Surgery, Edouard Herriot University Hospital, University of Claude Bernard, Lyon 1, France. patrickfeugier@hotmail.com
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Feugier
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Vulliez
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Bina
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Floccard
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Allaouchiche
D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D000792:Angiography; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D020212:Carotid Artery Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D020215:Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004630:Emergencies; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*
D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene