Characteristics and surgical treatment of dolichoectatic and fusiform aneurysms

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-193

  Anson, John A ^b   Lawton, Michael T ^b   Spetzler, Robert F ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

aneurysm; bypass; dissection; dolichoectasia; fusiform; serpentine; sub arachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030048831     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.84.2.0185     Document Type: Article

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