TY - JOUR
T1 - Safe management of carotid body tumor resection without preoperative embolization
T2 - an Ecuadorian high-altitude cities experience
AU - Solis-Pazmino, Paola
AU - Pilatuna, Eduardo
AU - Tite, Belen
AU - García, Mikaela
AU - Godoy, Richard
AU - Rocha, Carla
AU - Ponce, Oscar J.
AU - Dy, Benzon
AU - García, Cristhian
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. © The Author(s) 2022.
PY - 2022/12/1
Y1 - 2022/12/1
N2 - Carotid body tumors (CBTs) are a neoplasm that affects the carotid glomus. This study aims to improve the management of CBTs in Ecuador. This single-center, retrospective observational study was conducted at the Instituto de la Tiroides y Enfermedades de Cabeza y Cuello (ITECC). We included adults with CBTs, between January 2019 and August 2022. A total of 15 patients with CBTs were included. All patients were females living at high altitudes (>2500 m). In the Shamblin classification, 12 tumors were type II, and 3 were type III. Complete tumor resection was performed in all patients without pre-operative embolization. All patients had benign CBTs with a mean follow-up of 17, 73 months. In a time when the medical cost is high mainly in low-income countries such as Ecuador, further investigation should be undertaken in the form of randomized prospective trials to answer who would benefit from the pre-TAE procedure.
AB - Carotid body tumors (CBTs) are a neoplasm that affects the carotid glomus. This study aims to improve the management of CBTs in Ecuador. This single-center, retrospective observational study was conducted at the Instituto de la Tiroides y Enfermedades de Cabeza y Cuello (ITECC). We included adults with CBTs, between January 2019 and August 2022. A total of 15 patients with CBTs were included. All patients were females living at high altitudes (>2500 m). In the Shamblin classification, 12 tumors were type II, and 3 were type III. Complete tumor resection was performed in all patients without pre-operative embolization. All patients had benign CBTs with a mean follow-up of 17, 73 months. In a time when the medical cost is high mainly in low-income countries such as Ecuador, further investigation should be undertaken in the form of randomized prospective trials to answer who would benefit from the pre-TAE procedure.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85159194682
U2 - 10.1093/jscr/rjac598
DO - 10.1093/jscr/rjac598
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85159194682
SN - 2042-8812
VL - 2022
JO - Journal of Surgical Case Reports
JF - Journal of Surgical Case Reports
IS - 12
M1 - rjac598
ER -
