Access to the cavernous sinus through the vertebral artery: technical case report

Neurosurgery. 1995 Jul;37(1):144-6; discussion 146-7. doi: 10.1227/00006123-199507000-00024.

Abstract

The cavernous sinus in 3 of a series of 147 fast-flow direct carotid-cavernous fistulae was best reached through the vertebral artery. All three patients were anatomically cured without morbidity.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / diagnostic imaging
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / surgery*
  • Cavernous Sinus / diagnostic imaging
  • Cavernous Sinus / surgery*
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neurosurgery / methods
  • Vertebral Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Vertebral Artery / surgery*