Successful treatment using detachable coils for traumatic carotid cavernous fistula as a complication of transsphenoidal surgery for a pituitary adenoma: A case report

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-171

  Kobayashi, Nobusuke ^a   Abe, Takumi ^b   Furuya, Hajime ^b   Dohi, Kenji ^b   Shimazu, Motohiko ^b   Sasaki, Ken ^b   Izumiyama, Hitoshi ^b   Matsumoto, Kiyoshi ^b   Ohki, Seido ^b   Nemoto, Shigeru ^b  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Carotid artery injury; Detachable coil; Pituitary adenoma; Transsphenoidal surgery; Traumatic carotid cavernous fistula

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID CAVERNOUS FISTULA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ADENOMA; CAROTID ARTERY INJURIES; CAROTID-CAVERNOUS SINUS FISTULA; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HUMANS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0033964972     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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