Use of the GDC crescent for embolization of tumors fed by cavernous and petrous branches of the internal carotid artery: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 857-860

  Guglielmi, Guido ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Embolization; Guglielmi detachable coil; Internal carotid artery

Indexed keywords

PLATINUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NASOPHARYNX FIBROMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031732451     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.89.5.0857     Document Type: Article

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