Clinical Characteristics and Surgical Outcomes of Carotid Body Tumors: Data from the Carotid Paraganglioma Cooperative International Registry (CAPACITY) Group.
Mauricio Gonzalez-UrquijoVictor Hugo Viteri-PérezAndrea Becerril-GaitanDavid Hinojosa-GonzalezMaría Elizabeth Enríquez-VegaIvan Walter Soto Vaca GuzmánGregorio Eloy Valda-AmellerJosé de Jesús García-PérezCarlos Vaquero-PuertaVictor Hugo Jaramillo-VergaraMiguel Angel Cisneros-TinocoJoaquin Miguel Santoscoy-IbarraMario Alejandro Fabianinull nullPublished in: World journal of surgery (2022)
The most common CBT type on this cohort was hyperplasic, which might be partially explained by the high altitudes where these patients lived. Increased blood loss and operative time were associated with a higher Shamblin classification, and the risk of stroke was associated with patients presenting transoperative vascular lesions.