Reconstruction of Injured Carotid Artery in a Comatose Patient
Abstract
A man 30 years old,was brought to the emergency department after being injured on the left side of the neck area.Massive bleeding from the wound caused by glass was observed.The patient was in cerebral coma and hemorrahagic shock.The eye pupils remained isochoric during and after the operation.He was taken immediately at the surgery room.The bleeding was stopped by using external compression.Exposure of the left neck blood vessels was carried out.The left common carotid artery and internal jugular vein was revealed.A provisory Pruitt-Inahara shunt was put in the common carotid artery,while teh injured vein was ligated.The suture of the left common carotid artery using Prolen 6-0 completed the procedure.After the surgery the patient was transferred to the intensive care unit.About two hours later he woke up,conscious.The left thoracic drainage because of the hemothorax was applied in the second postoperative day.The patient was lively and discharged from the hospitall in the 14-th postoperative day.The right facial paresis and mild left side hemiparesis persisted.Two months after the event no residual neurologic deficits were observed.
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- Yazışma Adresi / Address for Correspondence: Dr. Arben Zenelaj University Hospital of Trauma Laprake, Tirana/ALBANIA. Email: arbenzeneli@yahoo.com G eliş tarihi/Received on: 13.11.2013
- Kabul tarihi/Accepted on:16.12.2013
