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Case Reports
. 1994;251(1):57-60.
doi: 10.1007/BF00175959.

Management of traumatic facial nerve paralysis with carotid artery cavernous sinus fistula

J T Roland Jr  1 , P E Hammerschlag, W S Lewis, I Choi, A Berenstein
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Case Reports

Management of traumatic facial nerve paralysis with carotid artery cavernous sinus fistula

J T Roland Jr et al. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 1994.

Abstract

Massive skull base injuries require detailed preoperative neurological and neurovascular assessment prior to undertaking surgical repair of isolated cranial nerve deficits. We present the management of a patient with traumatic facial paralysis, cerebrospinal fluid leak, and carotid artery cavernous sinus fistula as the result of a gunshot wound to the skull base. The carotid artery cavernous sinus fistula was ultimately controlled with super-selective embolization via the vertebral artery. The facial nerve injury was then safely treated with mobilization of the labyrinthine and vertical segments to allow a primary anastomosis.

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