Resection of the internal carotid artery and replacement with greater saphenous vein: A safe procedure for en bloc cancer resections with carotid involvement

Resection of the internal carotid artery

✍ Wright, J.Gordon; Nicholson, Roy; Schuller, David E.; Smead, William L. 📂 Article 📅 1996 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 808 KB

Purpose: Many patients who have advanced cancer of the neck will have involvement of the internal carotid artery. The management of this condition remains controversial, and a wide range of therapeutic options have been suggested including ligation, "shaving" the tumor off the carotid, or en bloc re