简介：Objective:Toexplorethecausesoftheformationoftraumaticcarotid-cavernousfistulasandthetherapeuticeffectofdetachableballoonand/orcoilembolizationandthepreventionofitscomplications.Methods:FromOctober,1992toMarch,2002,17patientswithtraumaticcarotid-cavernousfistulasweretreatedwithdetachableballoonand/orcoilembolizationinourhospital.TheclinicaldataandimagingfeaturesofCT,MRandselectiveangiogramofthesepatientswereanalyzed.Results:Oneweekaftertreatmentwithembolization,theclinicalsymptomsofthe17patientswereremitted,andopticcacophony,nystagmus,exophthalmosanddropsyofconjunctivadisappeared.Twopatientsmanifestedsurgicalcomplications,onepatientdied.Sixteenpatientssurvived.Theywereallfollowedupformorethan2years,whichshowedonepatienthadhandicapinmovement,andinonepatientthesignsandsymptomsoftraumaticcarotid-cavernousfistulasreoccurred2monthsaftertreatment.Conclusions:Thedetachableballoonand/orcoilembolizationissafeandreliable.Itisagoodmethodtotreattraumaticcarotid-cavernousfistulas.