Extracranial/intracranial anastomosis in therapeutic balloon occlusion of the internal carotid artery
Hawkins, T.D.
Acta Radiologica. Supplementum 369: 73-76
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0365-5954 PMID: 2980609 Document Number: 271453
Occlusion of the internal carotid artery with a detachable balloon was attempted or achieved in 19 patients suffering from a carotid aneurysm or dural arteriovenous malformation. An extracranial/intracranial anastomosis was performed prior to the occlusion in 11 patients, 4 of whom developed complications as did one of the 8 patients without an anastomosis. Although the morbidity of the procedure might have been greater without an arterial bypass a comparison of the two groups of patients lends no support for this view.