Lessons Learned after Iatrogenic Complete Transection of the Right Common Carotid Artery with Segmental Vessel Loss

Table 1

Clinical outcomes after management of common/internal carotid arterial injury due to penetrating neck trauma.

Published study/data set	Total number of injuries	Deaths
Combat-related penetrating injuries:
Rich et al., 1970 [4]	50	NS
Fox et al., 2005 [5]	2	NS
Fox et al., 2006 [6]	12	1/12 (8.3%)
Reva et al., 2011 [7]	46	13/46 (28.3%)
All combat-related CA injuries	110	14/58 (24.1%)
Civilian penetrating injuries:
Cohen et al., 1970 [8]	85	13
Bradley et al., 1973 [9]	24	8
Rubio et al., 1974 [10]	71	17
Thal et al., 1974 [11]	60	5
Liekweg et al., 1978 [12]	18	4
Fry et al., 1980 [13]	54	5
Unger et al., 1980 [14]	464	97
Ledgerwood et al., 1980 [15]	36	12
Brown et al., 1982 [16]	129	27
Meyer et al., 1988 [17]	18	3
Richardson et al., 1988 [18]	33	2
Weaver et al., 1988 [19]	72	5
Demetriades et al., 1989 [1]	124	27
Fabian et al., 1990 [20]	35	12
Ramadan et al., 1995 [21]	55	12
Ditmars et al., 1997 [22]	11	0
Mittal et al., 2000 [23]	16	3
Navasaria et al., 2002 [2]	28	2
Du Toit et al., 2003 [24]	130	24
All civilian penetrating injuries	1463	278/1463 (19%)