The incidence of potential candidates for thrombolysis is low. These data should be considered when recruiting centers to participate in ongoing clinical trials assessing the efficacy of these techniques.

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HighlightsPancreaticoduodenectomy in a patient post esophagectomy.Microvascular anastomosis of the gastroepiploic pedicle was performed to the middle colic vessels.Intraoperative perfusion imaging during pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Many variations in the anatomy of the carotid artery are described in the literature. There are few case reports of hypoplasia or the retropharyngeal course of the internal carotid artery. We describe the unique case of a 72-year-old woman with bilateral complete retroesophageal common carotid arteries and concomitant hypoplasia of the right carotid system. Anatomical detection of such a variation is critical because the misidentification of a retroesophageal carotid artery carries the risk of potential injury during orotracheal intubation and oropharyngeal procedures.

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