Short term therapeutic effect of embolizing carotid-cavernous sinus fistula by superior ophthalmic vein approaches / 眼科
Ophthalmology in China
;
(6)1993.
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in Chinese
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| ID: wpr-567639
ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the therapeutic effect of embolizing carotid-cavernous sinus fistula(CCF) by superior ophthalmic vein(SOV) approaches.Design Retrospective case series.Participants 11 patients with CCF diagnosed by digital subtraction angiography(DSA) were failurers of traditional artery approaches.Methods All pathents were treated with embolizing carotid-cavernous sinus fistula by superor ophthalmic vein approaches.Main Outcome Measures visual acuity,exophthalmos,ocular movement,diplopia,conjunctival hyperemia,ocular fundus changes.Results Clinical cure was achieved in all 11 patients during follow-up for 1 week to 3 months.Six patients with symptoms of exophthalmos disappeared and five improved.8 cases with conjunctival hyperemia vanished and 3 cases relieved.The three patients with decreases of 8 visual acuity,among these one patient was normal and two improved.Intracalvarium strepitus and diplopia were all disappeared and ocular movement was normal.Conclusion Embolizing CCF by SOV is safe and effective when performed by a multidisciplinary team.
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Ophthalmology in China
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1993
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