Carotid Body Tumor Resection in Alzahra Hospital During 2004-2009: Complication and Outcome

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1 Resident, Department of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

2 Intern, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

3 Associate Professor, Department of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Abstract

Background: surgical resection without preoperative angioembolization is an appropriate treatment for carotid body tumor but may lead to unwanted complications. The aim of present study is to define characteristics, complications, and outcomes of patients with carotid body tumor treated without embolization and by subadvantitial tumor resection.Methods: this cross sectional study was performed in Al Zahra hospital during 2004-2009 among patients candidate for carotid body tumor resection. Demographic data as well as complications attributed to operation were collected. Data were analyzed by SPSS software.Finding: 32 patients and 36 operations were enrolled. Mean age was 51.4  13.62 years. 12.5 % of subjects were male and 87.5% were female. All tumors were diagnosed as paraganglioma by histopathology examination. Mean size of tumors was 3.4  0.91 cm. Cervical lymphadenopathy was the most common complication and orthostatic hypotension was tge second one.Conclusion: The rate of complications among our series of patients operated without preoperative angioembolization via subadvantisial dissection were overall acceptable.

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Journal of Isfahan Medical School
Volume 28, Issue 119 - Serial Number 119
November and December 2011
Pages 1396-1400

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  • Receive Date: 19 March 2011
  • Revise Date: 03 May 2024
  • Accept Date: 06 April 2022

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