Multidisciplinary Management of Carotid Body Tumors in a Tertiary Urban Institution

Table 3

Outcomes, complications, and follow-up of patients.

Variable	Mean values or number
Intraoperative
Death	0
Stroke	0
Cranial nerve resection	0
Severe bradycardia or hypotension	2 (20%)
Major bleeding/vascular injury	0
Operating time (minutes)	113 ± 18
Postoperative
Respiratory failure	0
Hematoma	0
Reintervention	0
Infection	0
Cranial nerve injury	0
Death	0
Stroke	0
Follow-up (months)	15.6 ± 7.8
Recurrence rate	0