Massive Epistaxis Due to Pseudoaneurysm: Treated With Detachable Balloons

Archives of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 321-324

  Crow, Wayne N ^a   Scott, Bruce A ^a   Guinto, Faustino C ^a   Chaljub, Gregory ^a   Wright, Gary ^a   Rabassa, Antonio E ^a   Stiernberg, Charles M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CASE REPORT; EPISTAXIS; FALSE ANEURYSM; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ANEURYSM; BALLOON DILATATION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CASE REPORT; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; EPISTAXIS; HUMAN; MALE;

EID: 0026528025     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 1538361X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.1992.01880030113023     Document Type: Article

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