Transfacial transclival approach for midline posterior circulation aneurysms

Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 736-742

  Ogilvy, Christopher S ^a   Barker II, Fred G ^a   Joseph, Michael P ^b   Cheney, Mack L ^b   Swearingen, Brooke ^a   Crowell, Robert M ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c BERKSHIRE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Basilar artery; Clivus; Pedicted rhinotomy; Posterior circulation aneurysm; Transclival transfacial approach; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL APPROACH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0029836233     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199610000-00018     Document Type: Article

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