Anesthetic approaches in carotid body tumor surgery.

Journal: Northern clinics of Istanbul
Published Date: Nov 21, 2016

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Carotid body tumors (CBT) are benign tumors that originate from neural non-chromaffin cells that are typically localized near carotid bifurcation. Surgical removal of the tumor is the most appropriate treatment. General anesthesia is preferred anesthetic technique for CBT surgery. Basic elements of anesthetic management are protection of hemodynamic stability and maintaining cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP). The aim of this study was to evaluate anesthetic management of CBT surgery and present the literature knowledge.

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  • Ali Sait Kavakli
    Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.
  • Nilgun Kavrut Ozturk
    Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.

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