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Stroke. 1985;16:894-895

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Stroke, Vol 16, 894-895, Copyright © 1985 by American Heart Association

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Injury of the peripheral cranial nerves during carotid endarterectomy

B Theodotou and MS Mahaley Jr

The incidence of local nerve injury among 192 consecutive carotid endarterectomies in 162 patients between 1977-1983 was determined from review of the medical records. Two facial nerve, 5 hypoglossal nerve, and 2 vagus nerve injuries were discovered for a total incidence of 4.7%. Only the 2 facial nerve injuries failed to improve over 2 years. Followup ranged from 1 to 60 months in this group of patients. Careful attention to details of tissue dissection at surgery should lower the incidence of nerve injury during carotid endarterectomy.




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