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A Case of Catastrophic Epistaxis from the Internal Carotid Artery Due to
Multiple Surgeries and Irradiations for Pituitary tumor: Rescued Without
any Sequelae Utilizing High-Flow Bypass Using Radial Artery Graft and
Simultaneous Skull Base Reconstruction.
Kosuke Takabayashia)
Seiji Takebayashib)
Juro Sakuraib)
Shuho Gotohb)
Katsumi Takizawab)
a Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Japanese Red
Cross Asahikawa Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan.
b Department of Neurosurgery, Japanese Red Cross
Asahikawa Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan.
Corresponding author
Shuho Gotoh
Department of Neurosurgery, Japanese Red Cross Asahikawa Hospital
1-1-1-1 Akebono, Asahikawa, Hokkaido 070-8530, Japan
Tel: +81-166-22-8111
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E-mail: churabeaver@gmail.com
Funding
This study was not supported by any organization.
Conflict of interest
There is no conflict of interest to disclose.
Ethical statement
Approval for this case report was obtained from the Ethics Committee of
Japanese Red Cross Asahikawa Hospital (approval number: 202111-3)
Written informed consent was obtained from the patient.
Acknowledgments
We are grateful to Dr. Yohei Maeda and Dr. Meiho Nakayama for their
motivation and confidence in writing this report. We would like to thank
Editage (www.editage.com) for English language editing.
Author contribution
All authors made substantial contributions to the conception and design
of the case report and interpretation of the data. All authors revised
the manuscript, approved it to be published, and agreed to be
accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions
related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are
appropriately investigated and resolved. Each author participated in
this work for an appropriate portion of the content. KT drafted the
manuscript and participated in skull base reconstruction. SG helped
drafting the manuscript. ST and JS participated in conventional
angiography and designed the figure. KT participated in clinical
revascularization.