Balloon Entrapment: An Unusual Complication of Detachable Balloon Embolization of Traumatic Caroticocavernous Fistula

Traumatic caroticocavernous fistula was attempted to embolize using detachable balloons. Though the fistula could be occluded, unexpected complication was observed during the detachment of the balloon, and the fistula was later tackled using coils and liquid embolic agent. Failure analysis revealed...

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Main Authors: Santhosh Kumar Kannath, Jayadevan Enakshy Rajan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2017-04-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Interventional Radiology ISVIR
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0036-1597953