[Brain placement of a double balloon catheter after extensive craniofacial trauma].
An extensive craniofacial trauma is often associated with skull basal fractures and severe epistaxis. Such event requires nasal packing, using balloon systems or even arterial embolization or ligation. However, the use of balloon systems may result in an intracranial position. We report here such a case in an 18-year-old man suffering from a severe nasal bleeding.
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Département d'anesthésie-réanimation, hôpital Nord, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, faculté de médecine de Marseille, chemin des Bourrely, 13915 Marseille cedex 20, France. valeryblasco@lavache.com
Heng Ban
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Velly
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Leone
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Gouin
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D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D021721:Balloon Occlusion / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D020878:Device Removal; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D020205:Skull Fracture, Basilar / Q000150:complications; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications*; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000293:injuries*