title: [Clinical significance and functional outcomes of ligation of exterior carotid artery in surgical treatment of oropharyngeal cancer].
abstract: This work was designed to analyse outcomes of the treatment of 65 patients with advanced oropharyngeal cancer who had received combined treatment including radical resection of the tumour. Thirty three patients underwent surgery without ligation of exterior carotid artery while the remaining 32 (control group) were operated after preceding ligation of this vessel. The influence of ligation of exterior carotid artery on cerebral circulation was evaluated by the following methods: estimation of the intraoperative blood loss from A.T. Staroverov's formula, ultrasound dopplerography of extracranial carotid segments, electroencephalography, measurement of the fields of vision using statistical quantitative perimetry, evaluation of the patients' neurologic status. It was shown that ligation of exterior carotid artery has no apparent effect on the intraoperative blood loss during radical surgery for the management of oropharyngeal cancer nor does it influence healing of the postoperative wound and oncological outcome of this treatment.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Klochikhin
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Trofimov
authors.forename: Iu V
authors.initials: IuV
authors.lastname: Gamilovskaia
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Chistiakov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply / Q000502:physiology; D002342:Carotid Artery, External / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009959:Oropharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013517:Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*