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Retrograde suction decompression of an ophthalmic artery aneurysm using balloon occlusion. Technical note
J A Scott1, T G Horner, T J Leipzig
1Department of Radiology, Methodist Hospital of Indiana, Indianapolis.
Journal of Neurosurgery
|July 1, 1991
Abstract:
A large ophthalmic artery aneurysm was ligated using a modification of the retrograde suction technique described by Batjer and Samson. Temporary proximal occlusion of the internal carotid artery was accomplished with a double-lumen balloon catheter, and distal occlusion was performed with a temporary clip. The aneurysm was collapsed by gentle aspiration through the distal lumen of the balloon catheter. This greatly facilitated dissection and clip ligation of the aneurysm.