Incidence of cranial nerve dysfunction following carotid endarterectomy
โ Scribed by Astor, Frank C. ;Santilli, Patricia ;Tucker, Harvey M.
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1983
- Weight
- 320 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-6403
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Forty-five cranial nerve injuries were documented (13.5%). Twenty patients (6%) had documented unilateral vocal cord paralysis, 16 (4.8%) had hypoglossal injuries, 8 (2.4%) had facial nerve paresis, and 1 (0.3%) had an injury to the spinal accessory nerve. Although most injuries were due to either r
Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is one of the more commonly performed surgical procedures in North America. The number of CEAs done will probably increase over the next few years because recent studies have shown beneficial effects of CEA in both symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid s t e n o ~i s . ~-