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  • Title: Cervical carotid artery aneurysms and pseudoaneurysms. Treatment by balloon embolization therapy.
    Author: Higashida RT, Hieshima GB, Halbach VV, Goto K.
    Journal: Acta Radiol Suppl; 1986; 369():591-3. PubMed ID: 2980566.
    Abstract:
    The treatment of high cervical carotid artery aneurysms and pseudoaneurysms is often difficult due to relative surgical inaccessibility. We are currently managing such lesions by detachable balloon embolization therapy. In 7 patients with acute cervical carotid pseudoaneurysms, the carotid artery was occluded by a trapping procedure above and below the lesion using detachable silicone balloons. In 3 patients with aneurysms that had well organized walls, a detachable balloon was placed directly within the aneurysm, inflated to exclude it from the circulation, and then detached. The carotid artery was therefore preserved.
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