Recently, the department had two patients, both with very severe head trauma, who underwent craniotomy. The patients were progressively awake after the surgery, but both experienced significant swelling in one…
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the application of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in the treatment of patients with moderate and severe stenosis of bilateral carotid arteries. METHODS: The clinical data of 82 patients…
On May 8, 2015, at the 2015 China Stroke Conference hosted by the Stroke Prevention and Control Engineering Committee of the National Health and Family Planning Commission and the Chinese…
What is CCF and what are its risks? CCF is the acronym for Carotid Cavernous Fistula. Under normal circumstances, arteries and veins do not communicate directly with each other, they…
Case presentation: 28-year-old male, 40 days after a motorcycle traffic accident, presented with progressive right eye congestion and ocular protrusion with bulbar conjunctival edema and intracranial pulsating murmur. Cranial CT…
To date, carotid endarterectomy remains the preferred treatment option for carotid stenosis, and its postoperative complications are increasingly studied. It has been clinically found that some patients may develop a…
Traumatic Carotid Cavernous Fistula (tCCF) is seen in a variety of craniocerebral trauma, most commonly caused by skull base fractures. The incidence of traumatic internal carotid cavernous sinus fistula is…
1.What is carotid endarterectomy? It is a treatment to surgically remove or replace the diseased part of the carotid artery 2. Why do you need surgery? Every day, many people around the…
Carotid cavernous fistula (CCF) is an abnormal communication between the carotid artery or its branches and the cavernous sinus. Barrow staging is one of the most widely used imaging staging…
Carotid cavernous fistula (CCF), also known as pulsatile proptosis, is the most common intracranial arteriovenous fistula. more than 80% are caused by trauma and less than 20% are spontaneous. Patients…