Surgical experience of carotid pseudoaneurysm.
An extracranial carotid artery pseudoaneurysm is a rare condition that is caused by various types of arteritis, trauma and infectious causes. Generally, a pseudoaneurysm may be difficult to treat surgically when dissecting the paraaneurysmal fibrotic dense inflammatory tissues. The surgical management of a peudoaneurysm of the carotid artery involves a risk of nerve and arterial injury. This paper reports the repair of a carotid artery pseudoaneurysm after the proximal and distal control of the internal carotid artery using a Pruitt-Inahara shunt (P-I shunt) and the distal control of the external carotid artery using a small sized occlusion balloon catheter.
Kim
Dong-Ik
DI
Division of Vascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. dikim@smc.samsung.co.kr
Huh
Se-Ho
SH
Do
Young-Soo
YS
Shin
Sung-Wook
SW
Joh
Jin-Hyun
JH
D000328:Adult; D020216:Carotid-Cavernous Sinus Fistula / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures