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Emergency balloon embolization for carotid artery rupture secondary to postoperative infection
T Hirai1, Y Korogi, Y Sakamoto
1Department of Radiology, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Japan.
Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
Two cases of carotid artery rupture due to postoperative infection were treated successfully with an emergency endovascular technique. A detachable balloon was attached to a 2 Fr microcatheter and was introduced through a 9 Fr guiding catheter. The balloons were detached at the rupture site and just proximal to the lesion. This technique has several advantages over surgical procedures.