Giant aneurysms of the anterior circle of Willis: Management outcome of open microsurgical treatment

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 409-421

  Gewirtz, Robert J ^a   Awad, Issam A ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior circle of Willis; direct approach; giant aneurysm; intraoperative angiography; outcome; surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM CLIP; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSURGERY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029987913     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0090-3019(95)00437-8     Document Type: Article

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