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Treatment of caroticocavernous fistulae with detachable balloons introduced by percutaneous catheterization
Author(s) -
Tress Brian M.,
Thomson Kenneth R.,
King John,
Brownbill David,
Crawford Bruce,
ApSimon H. Trevor,
Klug Geoffrey L.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1983.tb99415.x
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous , fistula , surgery , radiology , angiography , cavernous sinus
Five patients with caroticocavernous fistula were treated by new, interventional, angiographic techniques. In four patients, latex balloons filled with a silicone polymer were introduced into the cavernous sinus via the transfemoral route and detached; this resulted in complete obliteration of the caroticocavernous fistula and preservation of the internal carotid artery flow in two of the four patients. In the fifth patient, stainless steel coils were introduced into the cavernous sinus via the superior ophthalmic vein which had previously been surgically exposed. These percutaneous, angiographic techniques of intervention should be considered the initialtreatment of choice for caroticocavernous fistulae.