T-balloon carotid shunt: its use during surgical treatment of non-stenotic carotid artery lesions.
A simplified technique for employment of the T-balloon shunt during surgical correction of non-stenotic carotid lesions (coiling, kinking, elongation, aneurysm) is described. This technical device is safe and useful when an intraluminal shunt is recommended.
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First Institute of General Surgery, University of Padua, School of Medicine, Padova, Italy.
D000783:Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D006801:Humans; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods