Case Report
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2020.
World J Clin Cases. Dec 6, 2020; 8(23): 6110-6121
Published online Dec 6, 2020. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i23.6110
Table 1 Complications of carotid artery resection + ligation and carotid artery resection + reconstruction
Type of operation
Number of cases
Complications
Year of publication
Carotid artery resection + ligation 8822 cases of common carotid artery ligation: 41% neurologic complications, 36% mortality; 66 cases of internal carotid artery ligation: 47% neurologic complications, 29% mortality[27]1955
156Death or coma, 15.4%; Death, coma, or hemiplegia, 30.1%; Transient cerebral dysfunction, 10.3%[28]1981
12Cerebrovascular accident, 42%; TIA, 17%; Mortality, 8%[17]1994
7Cerebrovascular accident, 29%; Mortality, 29%[29]1994
18Cerebrovascular accident, 33%; Mortality, 17%[30]1995
20Peri-operative mortality, 10%; Neurologic deficits, 30%[23]2002
59Peri-operative mortality, 0-30%; Stroke incidence, 0-25%[22]2003
17Stroke incidence, 20% (graft occlusion, 12.2%)[26]2004
17Neurologic complications, 50%[20]2007
Carotid artery resection + reconstruction 8Cerebrovascular accident, 13%; Mortality, 0%[17]1994
148Neurologic complications, 4.7%; Mortality, 6.8%[18]2001
8Peri-operative mortality, 12.5%; Neurologic dysfunction, 25%[23]2002
213Peri-operative mortality, 0%-33%; Stroke incidence, 0-22%; Local infection, 11%-33%; Anastomotic rupture, 0%-33%; Pharyngeal fistula, 0%-33%[22]2003
41Stroke, 17.6%[26]2004
11Neurologic complications, 9.1%[20]2007
18Carotid artery rupture, 5.5%; Stroke, 5.5%[19]2008
13Graft rupture, 7.7%; Stroke, 7.7%[31]2008
10Mild hemiplegia, 10%; Pharyngeal fistula, 10%[32]2011
19Stroke, 5.3%; Pharyngeal fistula, 5.3%; Local infection, 10.5%; Local flap necrosis, 10.5%; Local hematoma, 10.5%[16]2014
31Transient dysphagia, 19.4%; Vocal cord paralysis 9.7%; Local wound dehiscence 6.5%; Local flap necrosis 3.2%; Stroke and thrombosis, 0%[33]2016
42Transient dysphagia 19%; Vocal cord paralysis, 14.3%; Wound healing delayed, 4.8%; Local flap necrosis, 2.4%; Stroke, 0%[21]2017