Techniques and approaches for safe, high-yield CT-guided suprahyoid head and neck biopsies

CD McKnight, CM Glastonbury… - American Journal of …, 2017 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to present imaging approaches and key technical,
safety, and patient care best practices critical for safe, successful image-guided biopsy of …

Endovascular treatment of penetrating traumatic injuries of the extracranial carotid artery

DA Herrera, SA Vargas, AB Dublin - Journal of Vascular and Interventional …, 2011 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To describe the clinical and angiographic results of endovascular therapy for
traumatic injuries of the extracranial carotid artery. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The …

Postirradiated carotid blowout syndrome in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A case–control study

KC Chen, TT Yen, YL Hsieh, HC Chen, RS Jiang… - Head & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background Carotid blowout syndrome is one of the most devastating complications of
nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) therapy. Methods A retrospective review was conducted …

Epistaxis in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia treated with selective arterial embolization

P Trojanowski, T Jargiełło, A Trojanowska… - Acta …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is a rare systemic fibrovascular
dysplasia also known as Rendu-Osler-Weber disease. Epistaxis is often the first and …

Gantry-needle-target alignment technique for CT-guided needle approaches to the skull base and cranio-cervical junction

M Pileggi, E Ventura, A Di Napoli, R Piantanida… - Neuroradiology, 2022 - Springer
Purpose CT-guided percutaneous procedures involving the skull base and atlanto-axial
cervical spine pose particular challenges due to high density of vital vascular and nervous …

[HTML][HTML] Direct percutaneous alcohol sclerotherapy for venous malformations of head and neck region without fluoroscopic guidance: technical consideration and …

HJ Baek, JP Hong, JW Choi, DC Suh - Neurointervention, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose Alcohol is not used directly to the vascular lesion without mixing with the contrast
agent because alcohol itself cannot be seen on the fluoroscopy. Since we have used …

CT-guided cryoablation for palliation of secondary trigeminal neuralgia from head and neck malignancy

SA Dar, Z Love, JD Prologo, DP Hsu - Journal of NeuroInterventional …, 2013 - jnis.bmj.com
Background Facial pain is a common presentation secondary to tumoral invasion, rendering
an individual unable to perform basic activities such as eating and talking. Cryotherapy may …

Imaging evaluation and treatment of vascular lesions at the skull base

G Jindal, T Miller, P Raghavan… - Radiologic …, 2017 - radiologic.theclinics.com
The skull base, which is composed of osseous, vascular, and cartilaginous elements,
represents the interface between the cranial cavity and the face and neck. Major vascular …

The role of interventional radiology

J Burt, J Rodriguez-Vasquez, B Ghodke… - Management of Head …, 2022 - Springer
In the past few decades, the role of interventional radiology in the management of head and
neck pathology has substantially grown. Likewise, many of the minimally invasive surgical …

Safety and histopathologic yield of percutaneous CT-guided biopsies of the skull base, orbit, and calvarium

T Betting, J Benson, A Madhavan, D Shlapak, P Morris… - Neuroradiology, 2024 - Springer
Purpose Although CT-guided biopsies of the calvarium, skull base, and orbit are commonly
performed, the best approaches, efficacy, and safety of such procedures remain scantly …