Chinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi / Chinese Medical Association
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Chin. J. Traumatol. · Nov 1999
Balloon occlusion test and therapeutic occlusion on traumatic carotid cavernous fistulas.
To evaluate the safety of the balloon occlusion test(BOT) and therapeutic occlusion of the internal carotid artery(ICA). ⋯ BOT of ICA is safe and economical. The reliability of the results is almost the same compared with that of other more complicated methods of assessing therapeutic occlusion of ICA. And it is easy to treat TICCF with therapeutic occlusion of ICA.