Neurovascular injuries in trauma: An under recognized entity

Blunt traumatic cerebrovascular injury (TCVI) most often go unnoticed or they get noticed only when the associated complications surface. Timely detection of blunt cerebrovascular injury significantly improves the final outcome of the patient. TCVIs can result from extreme hyperextension/rotation, direct vascular blow, intraoral trauma, or direct laceration from bony fracture fragments. The strongest predictor of a carotid artery injury is a closed head injury (Glasgow Coma Scale score