[Accidental gunshot injury of the common carotid artery in a 19-year-old man].

: The author describes a case of a gunshot injury of the right common carotid artery in a 19-year-old man. The injury was caused by a single-shot pistol of German make, calibre 6 mm, Flaubert. The patient was operated at the First Surgical Clinic in Hradec Kralove, a reconstruction of the injured artery was made, using a venous patch. The patient recovered per primam. The injury left to sequelae.