Purpose: Our preliminary experience with physical examination alone in the evaluation of
penetrating zone 2 neck injuries for vascular trauma was previously reported in 28 patients …

PURPOSE To determine the clinical effectiveness of parent artery occlusion of the carotid or
vertebral artery by means of temporary proximal flow arrest and microcoils. METHODS …

Abstract From 1975 to 1988, 25 patients with a vertebral artery (VA) injury were treated.
Admission neurologic status was intact in 14 patients (56 percent). Eight patients had deficits …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Prior to their relatively recent FDA approval, detachable
balloons for endovascular arterial occlusion had been available on only a limited basis. We …

The preferred treatment of various internal carotid aneurysms deemed surgically
inaccessible involves the occlusion of the carotid artery with subsequent thrombosis of the …

A case of dissecting stab wound injury to the right vertebral artery with a vertebro-vertebral
fistula is reported. Since a complete occlusion of a VV-fistular was not possible from a …

Injuries of the vertebral arteries in four patients were treated by transcatheter embolization.
Embolotherapy was performed after incomplete or unsuccessful surgery in three of the …

PURPOSE To determine the effect of proximal flow arrest on the frequency and timing of
distal embolic events during occlusion of the common femoral artery with detachable coils …

Permanent occlusion of the carotid and vertebral arteries has long been used as a treatment
for certain aneurysms, tumors, arteriovenous fistulae, and traumatic injuries. Temporary …

Presentamos un caso de fistula arteriovenosa de la arteria vertebral izquierda de origen
traumático, tratada exitosamente con embolización proximal y distal; a los 3 años de …