Clinical Study

Multidisciplinary Management of Carotid Body Tumors in a Tertiary Urban Institution

Table 2

Management of patients included in the study.

VariableMean values or number

Preoperative embolization0
Resection alone8 (80%)
Prosthetic patch0
Saphenous graft interposition2 (20%)
Primary end-to-end anastomosis0
Shamblin classification
  Type I4 (40%)
  Type II4 (40%)
  Type III2 (20%)