Selective occlusion of basilar artery aneurysms using controlled detachable coils: Report of 35 cases

Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 948-954

  Pierot, Laurent ^a   Boulin, Anne ^a   Castaings, Lina ^a   Rey, Alain ^b   Moret, Jacques ^a  

^a FONDATION OPHTALMOLOGIQUE ADOLPHE DE ROTHSCHILD   (France)

^b BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Basilar artery; Coils; Embolization; Endovascular therapy; Interventional neuroradiology

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; UROKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD CLOTTING; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLICATION; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; BASILAR ARTERY; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029883592     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199605000-00019     Document Type: Article

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