Objective Toassess the neuroimagingdataandclinicalresultsofcerebral venoussinusthrombosis treated by endovascular localthrombolysis and mechanicalballoon thrombolysis therapy.
They ended up producing a flexible catheter tube that goes a bit of the way up the nostrils, then a guide wire is inserted into the targeted sinus. (In live patients this is done via an endoscope and fluoroscope.) A balloon catheter is advanced over the guide wire and positioned against the blocked ostium.