Why the study?
What are the outcomes and complications associated with the resection of neck paragangliomas?
Population
28 patients with paragangliomas of the neck, mean age 47 years, 11 men and 17 women, treated at the…
Design
Case_series
Authors
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Cranial nerve injury risk warrants careful preoperative counseling; this case report leaves open generalizability and true incidence.
What are the outcomes and complications associated with the resection of neck paragangliomas?
Resection of neck paragangliomas is associated with a high rate of cranial nerve damage (39%) but no perioperative mortality or stroke in this series.
G. Blame Bishop (1992) studied this question.
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