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An improved balloon catheter technique for the occlusion of carotid-cavernous sinus fistulas (CCF)

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By means of a case report a shortcoming of balloon catheter techniques for intravascular occlusion of CCF is demonstrated: the procedure by which the balloon is detached from the filling catheter is unreliable and may further traumatise the vessel wall.

We describe a new technique that allows careful, gentle, and effortless detachment of the balloon by means of a melting-off technic.

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  1. R. Laas

    Present address: Departments of Neuropathology, Hamburg University Hospital, Hamburg

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  1. Departments of Neuroradiology, Hamburg University Hospital, Hamburg

    K. Helmke

  2. Department of Radiology, Alfried Krupp Hospital, Essen, Federal Republic of Germany

    D. Kühne

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Helmke, K., Laas, R. & Kühne, D. An improved balloon catheter technique for the occlusion of carotid-cavernous sinus fistulas (CCF). Acta neurochir 59, 87–94 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01411195

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