TY - JOUR T1 - Use of femoral compression device for neck compression in carotid blowout as a temporizing measure to achieve coil sacrifice JF - Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery JO - J NeuroIntervent Surg SP - 921 LP - 922 DO - 10.1136/neurintsurg-2020-016119 VL - 12 IS - 9 AU - Gurmeen Kaur AU - Alan Stein AU - Chirag D Gandhi Y1 - 2020/09/01 UR - http://jnis.bmj.com/content/12/9/921.abstract N2 - Carotid blowout syndrome (CBS) is a rare complication following resection of head and neck cancers, especially after re-irradiation for a recurrent tumor, and is associated with very high mortality (15–100%).1 Our patient with squamous cell cancer of the tongue had undergone glossectomy and left radical neck dissection, followed by radiation. Six months after radiation, the patient had radiation necrosis of the overlying myofascial muscle flap. The carotid artery did not have any healthy … ER -