Postoperative mutism after the clipping of a distal anterior cerebral artery aneurysm. A case report

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 214-216

  Selcuklu, Ahmet ^a   Kurtsoy, Ali ^a   Oktem, I Suat ^a   Koc, R Kemal ^a   Kavuncu, I Argun ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aneurysm surgery; mutism; supplementary motor area

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM CLIP; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MUTISM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MUTISM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030741934     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01105568     Document Type: Article

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