Postoperative hypertension effect of carotid sinus denervation
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, vol.121, no.1, pp.150-152, 1999 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 121 Issue: 1
- Publication Date: 1999
- Doi Number: 10.1016/s0194-5998(99)70144-0
- Journal Name: Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.150-152
- Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Postoperative arterial blood pressures were monitored in 43 patients who had undergone bilateral neck dissection during a 6-week period at Ankara Numune Hospital's lind Otorhinolaryngology Department. During the first operations, all cases received carotid sinus denervation, whereas no denervation was done for the opposite side dissections held 6 weeks later. Study and control groups were composed of the same patients to achieve an objective outcome for the risk of postoperative hypertension. Hypertension was observed in 10 (23%) of 43 patients after the first operations and 12 (28%) of 43 patients after the opposite side dissections, for which no carotid denervation was done. The difference between the rates was insignificant statistically.