Detachable Balloon Occlusion of Post-traumatic Carotid-cavernous Fistula
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Treatment of traumatic carotid-cavernous fistula using detachable balloon catheters.
The goal of therapy in patients with traumatic carotid-cavernous fistulas is to occlude the fistula, preferably while maintaining the carotid blood flow. Surgical techniques that treat the fistula remote from the cavernous sinus often cannot maintain carotid patency. Various interventional techniques using detachable balloons have been developed. The most common technique uses the endarterial r...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurologia medico-chirurgica
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0470-8105,1349-8029
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.24.689