Endovascular treatment of basilar tip aneurysms using electrolytically detachable coils

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 393-399

  Mcdougall, Cameron G ^a,b   Halbach, Van V ^a   Dowd, Christopher F ^a   Higashida, Randall T ^a   Larsen, Donald W ^a   Hieshima, Grant B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

basilar artery; detachable coil; endovascular therapy; intracranial aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM CLIP; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0030028661     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.84.3.0393     Document Type: Article

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