EMERGENCY BALLOON EMBOLIZATION FOR CAROTID-ARTERY RUPTURE SECONDARY TO POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION

Authors
HIRAI T KOROGI Y SAKAMOTO Y HAMATAKE S MURAKAMI R IKUSHIMA I TAKAHASHI M
Citation
T. Hirai et al., EMERGENCY BALLOON EMBOLIZATION FOR CAROTID-ARTERY RUPTURE SECONDARY TO POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION, Cardiovascular and interventional radiology, 19(1), 1996, pp. 50-52
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Cardiovascular and interventional radiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01741551
Volume
19
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
50 - 52
Database
ISI
SICI code
0174-1551(1996)19:1<50:EBEFCR>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Two cases of carotid artery rupture due to postoperative infection wer e treated successfully with an emergency endovascular technique, A det achable balloon was attached to a 2 Fr microcatheter and was introduce d through a 9 Fr guiding catheter. The balloons were detached at the r upture site and just proximal to the lesion, This technique has severa l advantages over surgical procedures.