Carotid Artery-Cavernous Segment Injury during an Endoscopic Endonasal Surgery: A Case Report and Literature Review of the Overlooked Option for Surgical Trapping in the Hyperacute Phase

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KAHILOĞULLARI G., Bahadir B., BOZKURT M., Akcalar S., BALCI S., ARAT A.

JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY REPORTS, vol.82, no.04, 2021 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Review
  • Volume: 82 Issue: 04
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.1055/s-0041-1740511
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY REPORTS
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), EMBASE, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Keywords: endonasal endoscopic surgery, endovascular treatment, ICA-cavernous segment, pituitary adenoma, trapping, urgent transcranial surgery, TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY, PITUITARY-ADENOMA, VASCULAR INJURY, DIRECT PUNCTURE, HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES, TRAINING MODEL, SINUS SURGERY, CASE SERIES, COMPLICATIONS, BASE
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Internal carotid artery (ICA) injury is a catastrophic complication of endoscopic endonasal surgery (EES). However, its standard management, emergent endovascular treatment, may not always be available, and the transnasal approach may be insufficient to achieve hemostasis.