A Life Saving Emergent Temporary External Carotid Artery Controlled in Extensive Craniofacial Injury

INTRODUCTION: Craniofacial trauma may potentially have significant blood loss which may lead to death in some trauma patients. CASE REPORT: We report a case of a 43-year-old male who had a lethal noncompressible arterial hemorrhage from a penetrating wound on his left frontotemporal and preauricular...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Tanmit, Parichat, Angkasith, Phati, Teeratakulpisarn, Panu, Thanapaisal, Chaiyut, Surakunprapha, Palakorn, Kitkuandee, Amnat, Limwattananon, Phumtham
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8019616/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33833589
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S300774
Descripción
Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Craniofacial trauma may potentially have significant blood loss which may lead to death in some trauma patients. CASE REPORT: We report a case of a 43-year-old male who had a lethal noncompressible arterial hemorrhage from a penetrating wound on his left frontotemporal and preauricular region. Extensive bleeding was successfully temporarily controlled by external carotid artery (ECA) occlusion. The definitive operation was completed in a staged fashion following a computed tomography angiography assessment extension of the injury. CONCLUSION: Temporarily controlling the bleeding from the carotid artery should be considered as a life saving procedure in a lethal craniofacial injury.

Ejemplares similares