Application of a rigid endoscope to the microsurgical management of 54 cerebral aneurysms: Results in 48 patients

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 231-237

  Taniguchi, Masaaki ^b   Takimoto, Hiroshi ^a   Yoshimine, Toshiki ^b   Shimada, Nobumitsu ^b   Miyao, Yasuyoshi ^b   Hirata, Masayuki ^b   Maruno, Motohiko ^b   Kato, Amami ^b   Kohmura, Eiji ^b   Hayakawa, Toru ^b  

^a Suita Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cerebral aneurysm; Endoscopy; Image overlay microscope; Mechanical holding system; Microsurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM CLIP; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; BRAIN CONTUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032725151     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.91.2.0231     Document Type: Article

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