Iatrogenic carotid artery injury in neurosurgery

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 239-247

  Inamasu, Joji ^a   Guiot, Bernard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Complication; Dissection; Iatrogenic; Incidence; Injury; Neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MIDDLE EAR SURGERY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SKULL SURGERY; SPINE SURGERY; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

CAROTID ARTERY INJURIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RADIOTHERAPY; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 24944496817     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-005-0412-7     Document Type: Review

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