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What happens to the external carotid artery following carotid endarterectomy?

BMC Surgery, 2008
Aims The effect of carotid endarterectomy on the patency of the external carotid artery is unknown. We conducted a retrospective study to evaluate the long-term changes in the external carotid artery following carotid endarterectomy.
Adams David, Abbas Saleh M, Vanniasingham Peter   +2 more
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Unusual position of external carotid artery: a case report

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2005
The arterial pattern of the human body is one of the systems that show a large number of variations. Many reports are available regarding variations of common carotid, external and internal carotid arteries and branches of external carotid artery.
S B Rao, V R Vollala, M Rao, V P Samuel, D Deepthinath, S Nayak, N Pamidi   +6 more
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Low level termination of external carotid artery and its clinical significance: A case report

Archives of Clinical and Experimental Surgery, 2015
The external carotid arterial system is a complex vascular system providing nourishment to the territorial areas of the head and neck. The branches of the external carotid artery are the key landmarks for adequate exposure and appropriate placement of ...
Surekha Devadasa Shetty, Satheesha Nayak Badagabettu, Naveen Kumar, Ashwini Aithal   +3 more
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Variations in external carotid artery branches and common carotid bifurcation level: a computed tomography angiography study

The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2023
Background The common carotid bifurcation level is an important surgical landmark during head and neck surgery, especially endarterectomy, that could be omitted in patients with high bifurcation levels to reduce damage to neighboring structures like the ...
Tarek Fawzy Abd Ella, Mohammed Salah Eldeen El Zawawi, Ahmed Gaber Elsawaf, Mahmoud Mohamed Moawad   +3 more
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Ophthalmic artery originating from contralateral internal carotid artery associated with ipsilateral agenesis of internal carotid artery

Radiology Case Reports
Congenital absence of the internal carotid artery is a rare anatomical variant. The primarily reported origins of the ophthalmic artery associated with this variant are the posterior communicating, middle cerebral, and external carotid arteries.
Takaki Hamada, Daisuke Itoh, Wataro Tsuruta, Satoshi Nakamura, Tomohiko Masumoto   +4 more
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Idiopathic multiple aneurysm of external carotid artery

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2014
Aneurysms of external carotid artery are rare. Treatments for these are undertaken for the prevention of complications like hemorrhage or rupture, and embolism. We present a 71-year-old male with idiopathic multiple aneurysm for the past 34 years on conservative management and regular follow up for the past 4 years.
Saravanan Balachandran, Rathinavel Subrammaniyan, Ashok Kumar, Lakshmi Dharan   +3 more
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Bilateral higher carotid termination with rare anomalous emergence of ventral branches of the external carotid arteries: A cadaver study

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2022
The common carotid artery bifurcates into two terminal branches—the external and internal carotid arteries. The head, neck, and face regions principally get their blood supply from the external carotid artery and its branches. Some previous articles have
Amit Kumar Shreevastava, Rajat Subhra Das, Tarun Prakash Maheshwari, Balkund Kailash Damodhar   +3 more
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Traumatic pseudoaneurysms of external carotid artery branch: Case series and treatment considerations [PDF]

Chinese Journal of Traumatology - English Edition, 2021
Wang GH, Shen HP, Chu ZM, Shen JG, Zhou HH.   +4 more
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Head and neck CT angiography to assess the internal carotid artery stealing pathway

BMC Neurology, 2020
Background Common carotid artery occlusive disease (CCAOD) could form internal carotid artery steal pathways. Based on the diagnostic results of digital subtraction angiography (DSA), head and neck computed tomography angiography (CTA) was used to find ...
Dongxu Wang, Zheng Li, Xiaoyang Zheng, Houyi Cong, Tianyu Zhang, Zhenghua Wang, Yuguang Wang, Jun He   +7 more
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Separate origins of the left internal and external carotid arteries from the aorta in a patient with intracerebral hemorrhage

Radiology Case Reports, 2022
Agenesis of the left common carotid artery with separate origins of the left internal and external carotid arteries from the aorta is an extremely rare anomaly. This anomaly is typically asymptomatic unless associated with other conditions.
Yuma Hiratsuka, MD, Hideki Endo, MD, PhD, Naoyasu Okamura, MD, Masaaki Mikamoto, MD, Bunsho Asayama, MD, Kenji Kamiyama, MD, Toshiaki Osato, MD, Hirohiko Nakamura, MD, PhD   +7 more
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