Brooks Method for the Treatment of a Traumatic Caroticocavernous Fistula and a Historical Perspective to Endovascular Interventions: A Case Presentation and a Literature Review

A caroticocavernous fistula is an abnormal communication between the internal or external carotid arteries and the cavernous sinus. This case report presents a patient with a carotidcavernous sinus (CCSF) fistula, diagnosed and treated at a time when the endovascular interventions were not commonly performed. The diagnosis was made by evaluating the clinical symptoms and with a conventional percutaneous angiography of the right internal carotid artery (ICA). The patient was treated with the embolization of CCSF with a “free” piece of muscle (Brooks Method). The clinical symptoms of the patient were evaluated and noted before, during, and after the operation. The benefits of new technological products and devices on patient recoveries were reviewed with respect to the literature.