AboutLauri Ordway Expertise I can answer your questions related to peripheral vacular disorders. This includes all arteries and veins except those inside the head and inside the heart. IE: neck (carotid), arms (carotid subclavian bypases to Thoracic Outlet) belly (aortic aneurysm & occlusive disorders, renal artery stenosis), legs (iliac, femoral, popliteal, peroneal, dorasalis pedis, posterior and anterior tibial) arteries. Aneurysm & occlusive disease, atherosclerosis, leg pain, arterial wounds and gangrene, amputation prevention. Vein disorders: Blood Clots (DVT), post-phlebetic syndrome, varicose veins, venous stasis ulcers. I can help with vascular wound treatments. Also, Raynauds, Buerger`s disease, Thoracic Outlet and other miscellaneous vascular disorders.
I CANNOT answer questions about your heart disease, blood pressure, brain aneurysm, although I can help with questions about the arteries that go to and from those organs.
Experience I am a nurse, I have worked for 14 years with two terrific peripheral vascular surgeons, one of them is also the inventor of very innovative wound care products and surgical instruments to make vascular surgery procedures better and faster. I wrote and manage our clinic website and field questions from patients all over the world.
Expert: Lauri Ordway Date: 5/11/2008 Subject: blocked cartoid artery in the neck
Question My husband had cancer of the larynx and was operated on last June 2007. He has never had blood pressure problems nor heart problems. They removed his larynx and lymph nodes on right side of neck. There was a problem in the surgery that no one would discuss. He was in surgery an hour and a half longer than normal. He has had ct scans since the surgery but no one has mentioned anything about a blocked cartoid artery. This february he started passing out two three times a day. we have had more tests and found that his left cartoid artery is 100% blocked. The right artery is ok. The doctor who did the surgery finally told me that there was some excessive bleeding and that he nicked an artery. Could the doctor have nicked the artery and then stitched it up which is what is causing the blockage? My husband is only 57 years old and has always had pretty good health, not overweight but did smoke.
Answer Well this is sad, I am sorry. Anything can and does happen in surgery. You should ask for a second opinion, have your husbands records INCLUDING the opertive report sent to another vascualr surgeon. If there is even a tiny opening in the carotid artery, it may be possible to repair. Make sure all the records are sent tho so the new doc can see what happened in the operation. Lauri
