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  • Title: Local neurological complication during carotid endarterectomy.
    Author: Aldoori MI, Baird RN.
    Journal: J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino); 1988; 29(4):432-6. PubMed ID: 3417743.
    Abstract:
    In a prospective study of 52 carotid endarterectomies there were 13 temporary cranial nerve injuries in 12 patients (25%); 7 hypoglossal nerve injuries (13.5%), 3 were asymptomatic (5.8%), 2 had mild speech difficulty (3.8%) and 2 had severe difficulty with deglutition and articulation (3.8%). A full recovery was made within 3 months in all 7 patients. Although 10 patients (19.2%) developed a hoarse voice, indirect laryngoscopy only indicated damage to the ipsilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve in 3 patients (5.8%). Both the voice and vocal cord movement returned to normal within 6 months in 2 patients and a 9 months in the third. The marginal mandibular branch of the facial nerve was injured in 3 patients (5.8%) and all recovered completely within 3 months. Following injury to the great auricular and the transverse cervical nerves injury, 13 patients (25%) had persistent irritation and paraesthesia during shaving and in cold weather lasting up to 18 months after operation. Carotid endarterectomy is associated with a much higher incidence of local nerve injury than retrospective surveys would indicate.
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