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ReviewNeurologia medico-chirurgica2022

Carotid Endarterectomy for Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency Caused by Severe Stenosis of Primitive Hypoglossal Artery: A Technical Case Report and Literature Review.

Masafumi Segawa, Tomohiro Inoue, Sho Tsunoda, Ryuuichi Noda, Atsuya Akabane

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Review in Neurologia medico-chirurgica, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Masafumi SegawaDepartment of Neurosurgery, NTT Medical Center Tokyo.
Tomohiro InoueDepartment of Neurosurgery, NTT Medical Center Tokyo.
Sho TsunodaDepartment of Neurosurgery, NTT Medical Center Tokyo.
Ryuuichi NodaDepartment of Neurosurgery, NTT Medical Center Tokyo.
Atsuya AkabaneDepartment of Neurosurgery, NTT Medical Center Tokyo.
NTT Medical Center · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Persistent primitive hypoglossal artery (PHA) originating from the external carotid artery (ECA) is a rare anomaly. Reports of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) for ECA stenosis associated with this anomaly are even rarer. A 76-year-old woman presented to a medical clinic with a major complaint of refractory dizziness. Carotid ultrasound study suggested severe stenosis of the left cervical carotid bifurcation; therefore, she was referred to our department for a possible CEA. The imaging results indicated severe stenosis of the left carotid bifurcation and that the ECA was a PHA and the origin of the dominant vertebrobasilar artery (VBA). CEA was performed with the special caution of providing VBA collateral flow during clamping and preventing microembolisms during declamping of the ECA. Postoperative head magnetic resonance imaging revealed no new findings of cerebral infarction, and her dizziness disappeared. CEA associated with stenosis of the PHA as the origin of a dominant VBA was safely performed with an appropriate understanding of possible collateral pathways during cross-clamping.

Indexed as

Carotid StenosisEndarterectomy, CarotidVertebrobasilar InsufficiencyAgedCarotid Artery, InternalConstriction, PathologicDizzinessFemaleHumansarterial anomalycarotid endarterectomyoccipital arterypersistent primitive hypoglossal arteryvertebral artery

Identifiers

PMID35370245
PMCPMC9178113
OpenAlexW4226225409

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