Anosmia after anterior communicating artery aneurysm surgery: Comparison between the anterior interhemispheric and basal interhemispheric approaches

Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 325-328

  Fujiwara, Hiroaki ^a   Yasui, Nobuyuki ^a   Nathal Vera, Edgar ^a   Suzuki, Akifumi ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN AND BLOOD VESSELS AKITA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anosmia; Anterior communicating artery aneurysm; Anterior interhemispheric approach; Basal interhemispheric approach; Complication; Olfactory nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANOSMIA; ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; OLFACTORY NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; AGED; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLFACTION DISORDERS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0030061394     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199602000-00017     Document Type: Article

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