Outcomes of interventions for carotid blowout syndrome in patients with head and neck cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purpose of this study was to examine outcomes of a patient cohort undergoing intervention for carotid blowout syndrome associated with head and neck cancer.

Methods

Patients with head and neck cancer who presented with carotid distribution bleeding from 2000 to 2014 were identified in the medical record. Primary outcomes were short- and midterm mortality and recurrent bleeding. Standard statistical methods and survival analysis were used to analyze study population characteristics and outcomes.

Results

Thirty-seven patients were included in the study. The mean age was 60.1 ± 11.4 years (74% male). All malignancies were squamous cell type, stage IV, in a variety of primary locations: 32% oral cavity, 24% larynx, 16% superficial neck, with the remainder i

SUBMITTER: Liang NL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4884149 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature