Endovascular treatment of a bilateral dural carotid-cavernous fistula using an unusual unilateral approach through the basilar plexus

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 201.e5-201.e8

  Dabus, Guilherme ^a,b   Batjer, H Hunt ^a   Hurley, Michael C ^a   Nimmagadda, Anitha ^a   Russell, Eric J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAPTIST CARDIAC AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid cavernous fistula; Dural fistula; Embolization

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; AGED; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID CAVERNOUS FISTULA; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CHEMOSIS; COIL EMBOLIZATION; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; DIPLOPIA; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR PETROSAL SINUS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; JUGULAR VEIN; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; TINNITUS;

EID: 84858080671     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2011.01.031     Document Type: Review

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