Inadvertent internal carotid artery (ICA) injury during transsphenoidal surgery: review of literature

Inadvertent internal carotid artery (ICA) injury during transsphenoidal surgery: review of literature

Abstract Background Internal carotid artery (ICA) injury is a hazardous catastrophe for the skull base surgery team. We aimed to illustrate the vital joints in this hazardous event during endoscopic surgery. Main text The condition is rare (1.1%) but fatal per se. Working in the field of endoscopic...

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Main Authors: Hieder Al-Shami, Ahmad K. Alnemare
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-05-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery
Subjects:
ICA
Pituitary surgery
Intraoperative injury
Skull base surgery
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41984-021-00100-6

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