Urgent endovascular covered-stent treatment of internal carotid artery injury caused by a gunshot.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
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.
Medical subject headings
- Aneurysm, False
- Angioplasty, Balloon
- Carotid Artery Injuries
- Carotid Artery, Internal
- Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection
- Coated Materials, Biocompatible
- Emergencies
- Polytetrafluoroethylene
- Stents
- Wounds, Gunshot