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  • Title: Emergency balloon occlusion for massive epistaxis due to traumatic carotid-cavernous aneurysm. Case report.
    Author: Simpson RK, Harper RL, Bryan RN.
    Journal: J Neurosurg; 1988 Jan; 68(1):142-4. PubMed ID: 3335900.
    Abstract:
    A patient with a giant traumatic aneurysm of the right internal carotid artery presented with recurrent massive epistaxis 30 years after a head injury. During an episode of acute hemorrhage, this patient was effectively treated with occlusion of the internal carotid artery circulation by a detachable inflatable balloon.
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