Retropharyngeal haemorrhage from a vertebral artery branch treated with distal flow arrest and particle embolisation

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 719-723

  Sheah, Kenneth ^a   Hui, F ^b   Wansaicheong, G ^c   Khoo, M ^d  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d Department of Otolaryngology ^*

Author keywords

Endovascular treatment; Particle embolisation; Retropharyngeal haematoma; Vertebral angiogram; Vertebral artery haemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIGOXIN; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BALLOON OCCLUSION; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTRAVASATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; NECK INJURY; PHARYNX HEMORRHAGE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SWELLING; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; NECK INJURIES; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 33746919606     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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