title: Emergency balloon embolization for carotid artery rupture secondary to postoperative infection.
abstract: Two cases of carotid artery rupture due to postoperative infection were treated successfully with an emergency endovascular technique. A detachable balloon was attached to a 2 Fr microcatheter and was introduced through a 9 Fr guiding catheter. The balloons were detached at the rupture site and just proximal to the lesion. This technique has several advantages over surgical procedures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Korogi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hamatake
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ikushima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004630:Emergencies; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D037981:Neck Dissection; D010039:Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*