{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: Survival analysis of a comprehensive treatment strategy for internal carotid artery blowout syndrome by nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
{Author}: Zhao Z;Liao Q;Yang Y;Ma Y;Lu X;Qiu Q;Han F;Huang L;
{Journal}: Head Neck
{Volume}: 45
{Issue}: 8
{Year}: 2023 Aug 13
{Factor}: 3.821
{DOI}: 10.1002/hed.27393
{Abstract}: <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.