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SUBMITTER: Glauser G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7591226 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul-Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Glauser Gregory G Walcott Brian Patrick BP Choudhri Omar Aftab OA
Asian journal of neurosurgery 20200701 3
Endovascular parent vessel sacrifice is an established technique used to treat vascular pathology and tumor infiltration of blood vessels. In high-flow vessels, such as the carotid artery or vertebral artery, distal coil migration and embolization are concerns. A method to mitigate this risk would improve the safety profile of the procedure. Five patients undergoing parent vessel sacrifice were retrospectively identified (from June 2018 to May 2019) for the purpose of illustrating this high-flow ...[more]