PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Debrun, G M
AU  - Vinuela, F V
AU  - Fox, A J
AU  - Kan, S
TI  - Two different calibrated-leak balloons: experimental work and application in humans.
DP  - 1982 Jul 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 407--414
VI  - 3
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/3/4/407.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/3/4/407.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.1982 Jul 01; 3
AB  - Two different types of latex calibrated-leak balloon catheters have been developed. One consists of a Teflon catheter with a detachable latex balloon and is used to embolize branches of the external carotid artery. The other consists of a Silastic catheter with a nondetachable latex balloon and is used to embolize brain arteriovenous malformations. An experimental model and animal experiments have determined the best conditions for safe and reproducible embolization with isobutyl-2 cyanoacrylate (IBC-2). Selective catheterization of branches of external carotid, middle cerebral, anterior cerebral, and posterior cerebral arteries in humans is facilitated, and embolization with IBC-2 has been achieved with these balloon catheters.