Early experience with surgically inaccessible wide-necked intracranial aneurysm embolised with guglielmi electrically detachable coils and electrothrombosis

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 549-552

  Tan, L T H ^a   Kwok, C K J ^b,c   Lam, H S ^b  

^a Caritas Medical Centre Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

^b KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c Department of Service ^*

Author keywords

Electrothrombosis; Embolisation; Guglielmi detachable coils; Wide necked intracranial aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030253239     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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