Spontaneous occlusion of supraclinoid aneurysms after the creation of extra-intracranial bypasses using long grafts: Report of two cases

Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 216-220

  Cantore, Giampaolo ^a   Santoro, Antonio ^a,c   Da Pian, Renato ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b City Hosp   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiography; Giant intracranial aneurysm; Internal carotid artery; Saphenous vein graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN GRAFT;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; VEINS;

EID: 0032903044     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199901000-00132     Document Type: Article

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