Surgical Management of Carotid Body Tumors at a High-Altitude Center: A 22-Year Single-Institution Experience.
OBJECTIVES To evaluate surgical management and outcomes of carotid body tumors (CBTs) by Shamblin classification over 22 years at a center 1,853 m above sea level. METHODS Among 107 patients who underwent surgery for 109 cervical masses suspected to be CBTs between 2000 and 2021, six patients with non-CBT histopathol...