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Vascular Injuries in the Neck

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Management of blunt and penetrating trauma to the carotid and vertebral arteries has moved away from an approach focusing on operative exploration and repair to a more imaging-intensive strategy. Early CTA and a focused operative or endovascular approach can minimize the potential for missed injury and operative morbidity.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 2301 Erwin Road, Box 2833, Durham, NC, USA

    Mathew Adam Schechter MD & Mitchell W. Cox MD

  2. Department of Surgery, International Heart Institute of Montana, St. Patrick Hospital, 500 W. Broadway, Missoula, MT, 59802, USA

    Patrick Joshua O’Brien MD

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  1. Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Services, and Lead Physician, Vascular Surgery Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare, SUNY Upstate Medical University, and Network Upstate New York at Syracuse, Syracuse, New York, USA

    Vivian Gahtan

  2. Director of Endovascular Services, Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Services, and Vascular Surgeon, Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare, SUNY Upstate Medical University, and Network Upstate New York at Syracuse, Syracuse, New York, USA

    Michael J. Costanza

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Schechter, M.A., O’Brien, P.J., Cox, M.W. (2015). Vascular Injuries in the Neck. In: Gahtan, V., Costanza, M. (eds) Essentials of Vascular Surgery for the General Surgeon. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1326-8_14

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