Predictors for postoperative cranial nerve complications in carotid body tumor resection: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Carotid body tumors (CBTs) are slow-growing benign tumors. Therefore, surgical resection is considered in case of tumor growth. The timing of surgery is of the utmost importance as the risk of iatrogenic surgical complications increases when resecting larger tumors, whereas on the other hand, resections for asymptomatic small CBT should be prevented. The primary aim of this study was to identify which tumor size or dimension is most accurate to predict nerve injury in patients undergoing resection of a CBT.

Material and methods

This retrospective cohort study included patients who underwent surgical resection of CBT at the university hospital in South-Holland. Baseline patient characteristics and tumor measurements were retrieved from the medical records. The au

SUBMITTER: Alimohamad H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10720783 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature