Patient Positioning and Nasal Intubation for Carotid Endarterectomy

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Robert M. Weiss · Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Harold P. Smith · Saint Thomas Midtown Hospital

Harold P. Smith · Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Knox A. Patterson · Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Robert M. Weiss · Vassar Brothers Medical Center

Abstract

Exposure of a very rostral carotid bifurcation for endarterectomy may occasionally be difficult. We are reporting a simple yet effective way to gain several centimetres of exposure of the distal cervical portion of the internal carotid artery in this circumstance.

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Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments Meningioma and schwannoma management Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases

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Published in: Neurosurgery

Volume 19, Issue 2, pp. 256-257

DOI: 10.1227/00006123-198608000-00013

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