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Ophthalmic artery occlusion following neuro-embolization of the external carotid artery, a case report

BACKGROUND: Embozene® is a new neuroembolizing microsphere used to reduce intraoperative bleeding for head and neck tumours. We report a case of iatrogenic ophthalmic artery occlusion after Embozene® embolization of the external carotid artery (ECA). CASE PRESENTATION: A 22-year-old African gentlema...

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Autores principales: Loon, Ng Wei, Gendeh, Balwant Singh, Zakaria, Rozman, Hamzah, Jemaima Che, Din, Norshamsiah Md
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5472972/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28619056
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12886-017-0490-7