Surgical approaches for vertebro-basilar trunk aneurysms located in the midline

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 402-410

  Kawase, T ^a   Bertalanffy, H ^a   Otani, M ^a   Shiobara, R ^a   Toya, S ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral aneurysm; Operative approach; Posterior circulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; SURGICAL APPROACH; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; BASILAR ARTERY; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0029865569     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01420302     Document Type: Article

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