Biomaterial Database

Traumatic carotid cavernous fistula. 2002

Gamal Mostafa, and Ronald F Sing, and Brent D Matthews, and B Todd Heniford

Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, USA.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D002533	Cerebral Angiography	Radiography of the vascular system of the brain after injection of a contrast medium.	Angiography, Cerebral,Angiographies, Cerebral,Cerebral Angiographies
D004621	Embolization, Therapeutic	A method of hemostasis utilizing various agents such as Gelfoam, silastic, metal, glass, or plastic pellets, autologous clot, fat, and muscle as emboli. It has been used in the treatment of spinal cord and INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS, renal arteriovenous fistulas, gastrointestinal bleeding, epistaxis, hypersplenism, certain highly vascular tumors, traumatic rupture of blood vessels, and control of operative hemorrhage.	Embolotherapy,Therapeutic Embolization,Embolizations, Therapeutic,Embolotherapies,Therapeutic Embolizations
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000063	Accidents, Traffic	Accidents on streets, roads, and highways involving drivers, passengers, pedestrians, or vehicles. Traffic accidents refer to AUTOMOBILES (passenger cars, buses, and trucks), BICYCLING, and MOTORCYCLES but not OFF-ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES; RAILROADS nor snowmobiles.	Traffic Collisions,Traffic Crashes,Traffic Accidents,Accident, Traffic,Collision, Traffic,Collisions, Traffic,Crashes, Traffic,Traffic Accident,Traffic Collision
D016489	Head Injuries, Closed	Traumatic injuries to the cranium where the integrity of the skull is not compromised and no bone fragments or other objects penetrate the skull and DURA MATER. This frequently results in mechanical injury being transmitted to intracranial structures which may produce TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES, hemorrhage, or CRANIAL NERVE INJURIES. (From Rowland, Merritt's Textbook of Neurology, 9th ed, p417)	Head Injuries, Nonpenetrating,Head Trauma, Closed,Closed Head Injuries,Head Injury, Blunt,Head Injury, Nonpenetrating,Injuries, Closed Head,Blunt Head Injuries,Blunt Head Injury,Closed Head Injury,Closed Head Trauma,Closed Head Traumas,Head Injuries, Blunt,Head Injury, Closed,Head Traumas, Closed,Nonpenetrating Head Injuries,Nonpenetrating Head Injury
D016896	Treatment Outcome	Evaluation undertaken to assess the results or consequences of management and procedures used in combating disease in order to determine the efficacy, effectiveness, safety, and practicability of these interventions in individual cases or series.	Rehabilitation Outcome,Treatment Effectiveness,Clinical Effectiveness,Clinical Efficacy,Patient-Relevant Outcome,Treatment Efficacy,Effectiveness, Clinical,Effectiveness, Treatment,Efficacy, Clinical,Efficacy, Treatment,Outcome, Patient-Relevant,Outcome, Rehabilitation,Outcome, Treatment,Outcomes, Patient-Relevant,Patient Relevant Outcome,Patient-Relevant Outcomes
D020216	Carotid-Cavernous Sinus Fistula	An acquired or spontaneous abnormality in which there is communication between CAVERNOUS SINUS, a venous structure, and the CAROTID ARTERIES. It is often associated with HEAD TRAUMA, specifically basilar skull fractures (SKULL FRACTURE, BASILAR). Clinical signs often include VISION DISORDERS and INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION.	Caroticocavernous Fistula,Carotid Cavernous Fistula,Fistula, Carotid Artery-Cavernous Sinus,Traumatic Carotid-Cavernous Sinus Fistula,C-C Fistula,Carotid Artery-Cavernous Sinus Fistula,C-C Fistulas,Caroticocavernous Fistulas,Carotid Artery Cavernous Sinus Fistula,Carotid Cavernous Fistulas,Carotid Cavernous Sinus Fistula,Carotid-Cavernous Sinus Fistulas,Cavernous Fistula, Carotid,Fistula, C-C,Fistula, Caroticocavernous,Fistula, Carotid Artery Cavernous Sinus,Fistula, Carotid Cavernous,Fistula, Carotid-Cavernous Sinus,Traumatic Carotid Cavernous Sinus Fistula