ITALIAN SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF VASCULAR ANOMALIES (SISAV)
CONGRESS 2014 

International Angiology 2015 December;34(6 Suppl 1):15-22

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Surgical complications of carotid body tumors surgery: a review

Amato B. ^{1, 3}, Serra R. ^{2, 3}, Fappiano F. ¹, Rossi R. ¹, Danzi M. ¹, Milone M. ¹, Quarto G. ¹, Benassai G. ¹, Bianco T. ¹, Amato M. ¹, Furino E. ¹, Compagna R. ^{1, 3} ✉

¹ Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy; ² Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy; ³ (CIFL) International Research and Educational Program in Clinical and Experimental Biotechnology, Headquarters: University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy

Carotid body tumor (CBT) is a rare neoplasm, although it represents about 65% of head and neck paragangliomas. Surgical excision is considered the appropriate therapy for CBTs. The aim of this study was to evaluate surgical outcomes on a large scale. We reviewed 19 studies between 2004 to 2014 with a total of 625 procedures. We observed a higher number of cases in women (62%). Only 3 (0,48%) deaths were reported as surgical complication. Total cranial nerve injuries were 302 (48,32%) of which 194 (31,04%) were transient and 108 (17,28%) were permanent. We found a total of 174 (27,84%) arterial injuries, most of which are external carotid artery (ECA) injuries. Cerebrovascular accident due to surgery were 15 (2,4%). We concluded that surgical resection remains the treatment of choice for these disease despite the related morbidity.