Traumatic injuries to the head and neck that result in arteriovenous fistulae are often difficult
to treat by direct surgical access. This is because of anatomic location, instability of the …

Carotid cavernous sinus fistulas (CCSFs) are a rare entity occurring as a result of head
trauma and also spontaneously. The major threat from these fistulas is loss of vision. The …

✓ Over the past 5 years 29 patients with dural arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) were treated by
the authors using the Leksell radiosurgical gamma knife unit. Within 2 days after …

Gives an account of clinical procedure. Based on the des-cription of the functional anatomy
of the craniofacial arte-ries given in Volume 1. Treats technical aspects such as pa-tient …

OBJECTIVE: Dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVFs) comprise 10% to 15% of all arteriovenous
malformations. Recent studies have demonstrated promising results when radiosurgery is …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Cranial nerve palsies are regularly observed in patients
with arteriovenous fistulas of the cavernous sinus. The purpose of our study was to …

Five patients aged 17-33 years with traumatic carotid-cavernous fistulas (CCFs) were
treated by antegrade embolization through a superior ophthalmic vein approach, using …

Background The use of minimally porous endoluminal devices (MPEDs) such as the
Pipeline Embolization Device (PED) has been described for the treatment of brain …

PURPOSE: To embolize carotid cavernous fistulas (CCFs) by means of transorbital puncture
of the cavernous sinus (CS) and the cavernous segment of the internal carotid artery (ICA) …

Traumatic fistulas were successfully embolized using various transvascular approaches in
33 of 34 lesions. Complete superselective angiographic demonstration of the exact site of …