%0 Journal Article
%T Survival analysis of a comprehensive treatment strategy for internal carotid artery blowout syndrome by nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
%A Zhao Z
%A Liao Q
%A Yang Y
%A Ma Y
%A Lu X
%A Qiu Q
%A Han F
%A Huang L
%J Head Neck
%V 45
%N 8
%D 2023 Aug 13
%M 37309715
%F 3.821
%R 10.1002/hed.27393
%X <B>OBJECTIVE: </B>To retrospectively analyze the comprehensive treatment strategy for internal carotid artery blowout syndrome (CBS) by nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).<BR><B>METHODS: </B>Of the 311 patients of NPC with carotid artery blowout syndrome admitted at our center from April 2018 to August 2022, 288 were enrolled.<BR><B>RESULTS: </B>The patients were divided into two groups: treatment group (266 cases) and control group (22 cases). After comprehensive treatment, the survival rate of the treatment group was significantly higher than that of the control group, especially within 6 months to the 1 year. Preventive intervention for CBS I type may have considerable benefits. And in the long run, this treatment strategy did not significantly increase the incidence of stroke in the treatment group.<BR><B>CONCLUSIONS: </B>The comprehensive treatment strategy for ICA-CBS of patients with NPC significantly reduced the mortality of asphyxia due to epistaxis, reduced the incidence of CBS during nasal endoscopy, and finally improved survival rate.