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• The Laryngoscope · Mar 1999

  Preoperative permanent balloon occlusion of internal carotid artery in patients with advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

  To determine the value of preoperative balloon occlusion in predicting the safety of carotid artery resection in advanced recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. ⋯ Preoperative carotid balloon occlusion predicted patients who could tolerate permanent occlusion. All patients eventually developed recurrent disease, but in 14 of the 15 patients, no hemorrhages occurred.

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