caa a22 4500 606249044 CHVBK 20210128101353.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12262-014-1035-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12262-014-1035-4 External Carotid Artery Ligation in Squamous Cell Carcinomas of the Oral Cavity and Oropharynx: an Oncological Emergency [Elektronische Daten] [Tarun Kumar, Vijay Yadav, K. Ravi, Kartikeyan Ramaswamy, Mahesh Patel, Kiran Kothari] The purpose of this study is to investigate the outcomes of emergency external carotid artery ligation in head and neck cancer patients. It is a retrospective observational study of 11 patients with oral cavity and oropharynx cancers who underwent external carotid ligation as an emergency procedure. Prior tracheostomy was done in all the patients as part of the procedure. Parameters studied were the efficacy and safety of the procedure in the form of control of haemorrhage, any postoperative neurological deficit, morbidity and mortality. The study evaluates the efficacy of the intervention purely as an emergency procedure, and oncological outcomes have not been reported. Analysis was done using simple frequencies and proportions. The oropharynx is the most common site of tumour bleeding in head and neck malignancies. Bleeding following external carotid ligation stopped in all the patients immediately without any postoperative mortality or morbidity. No patient had any neurologic deficits postoperatively. There was one case of rebleeding. Emergency external carotid ligation in tumours of the oral cavity and oropharynx is a life-saving and simple procedure with limited morbidity. Prior tracheostomy is recommended in all the patients. Association of Surgeons of India, 2014 ECA ligation nationallicence Emergency external carotid ligation nationallicence Oncologic emergency nationallicence Kumar Tarun Department of Surgical Oncology, Gujarat Cancer Research Institute, New Civil Hospital Campus, Asarwa, 380016, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India aut Yadav Vijay Department of Surgical Oncology, Gujarat Cancer Research Institute, New Civil Hospital Campus, Asarwa, 380016, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India aut Ravi K. Department of Surgical Oncology, Gujarat Cancer Research Institute, New Civil Hospital Campus, Asarwa, 380016, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India aut Ramaswamy Kartikeyan Department of Surgical Oncology, Gujarat Cancer Research Institute, New Civil Hospital Campus, Asarwa, 380016, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India aut Patel Mahesh Department of Surgical Oncology, Gujarat Cancer Research Institute, New Civil Hospital Campus, Asarwa, 380016, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India aut Kothari Kiran Department of Surgical Oncology, Gujarat Cancer Research Institute, New Civil Hospital Campus, Asarwa, 380016, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India aut Indian Journal of Surgery Springer India 77(2015-12-01), 850-852 0972-2068 77<850 2015 77 12262 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-014-1035-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-014-1035-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kumar Tarun Department of Surgical Oncology, Gujarat Cancer Research Institute, New Civil Hospital Campus, Asarwa, 380016, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yadav Vijay Department of Surgical Oncology, Gujarat Cancer Research Institute, New Civil Hospital Campus, Asarwa, 380016, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ravi K. Department of Surgical Oncology, Gujarat Cancer Research Institute, New Civil Hospital Campus, Asarwa, 380016, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ramaswamy Kartikeyan Department of Surgical Oncology, Gujarat Cancer Research Institute, New Civil Hospital Campus, Asarwa, 380016, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Patel Mahesh Department of Surgical Oncology, Gujarat Cancer Research Institute, New Civil Hospital Campus, Asarwa, 380016, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kothari Kiran Department of Surgical Oncology, Gujarat Cancer Research Institute, New Civil Hospital Campus, Asarwa, 380016, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Indian Journal of Surgery Springer India 77(2015-12-01), 850-852 0972-2068 77<850 2015 77 12262