title: Transvenous coil treatment of a type a carotid cavernous fistula in association with transarterial trispan coil protection.
abstract: A recently developed neck-bridging device (TriSpan; Target Therapeutics/Boston Scientific, Fremont, CA) was used to prevent coil migration into the internal carotid artery during transvenous occlusion of a high-flow, large-tear carotid cavernous fistula.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroradiology, University of Bern, Inselspital, Bern, Germany.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Remonda
authors.forename: Susanne Beatrice
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Frigerio
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bühler
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schroth
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D020216:Carotid-Cavernous Sinus Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed