title: Access to the cavernous sinus through the vertebral artery: technical case report.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Neurosurgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Debrun
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Ausman
authors.forename: F T
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Charbel
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Aletich
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002426:Cavernous Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000379:methods; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*