Direct. This type is sometimes also called trauma carotid cavernous fistula. It is a hole or tear in a branch of your carotid artery inside the cavernous sinus. This tear is called a fistula ...

This case study reports the diagnosis and treatment of a carotid-cavernous sinus fistula that developed several months after a traumatic head injury. Traumatic carotid-cavernous sinus fistulae ...

A 41-year-old man was admitted to the hospital in shock 1/2 hour after he was stabbed in the left 3d interspace. Two pericardiocenteses were without any yield. After 1000 ml of whole-blood ...

A sinus infection is inflammation of the sinuses, which are the air spaces around your nose, eyes, cheeks, and forehead. It is also called sinusitis. When the sinuses are inflamed, drainage is ...

From the Department of Proctology, Graduate Hospital, University of Pennsylvania, and the Department of Proctology, Temple University Hospital. † Assistant professor of proctology, Temple ...