Blunt carotid artery injury after accidental neck compression: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 477-480

  Matsumoto, Hisashi ^a   Noji, Yoshihiro ^a   Hirota, Kohjiro ^a   Shibata, Keizo ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; Carotid artery injury; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; NECK; NERVE PARALYSIS; PHRENIC NERVE;

EID: 0034115564     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005950050630     Document Type: Article

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