PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - G Scialfa
AU  - F Valsecchi
AU  - G Scotti
TI  - Treatment of vascular lesions with balloon catheters.
DP  - 1983 May 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 395--398
VI  - 4
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/4/3/395.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/4/3/395.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.1983 May 01; 4
AB  - During a 4 year period, 48 patients were treated with balloon catheters. There were 39 fistulas and nine aneurysms. Detachable balloons with a modified Debrun technique were used in 37 patients. Different kinds of technical problems were encountered. The arterial axis remained patent in 29 of the 37 fistulas; in the two mixed internal and external carotid-cavernous sinus fistulas, combined embolization with dura, isobutyl cyanoacrylate, and detachable balloon was used. In six of the nine aneurysms the arterial axis was occluded with a detachable balloon. In three of 48 patients, severe neurologic complications resulted in death.