Embolization of cerebral arteriovenous malformations with cellulose acetate polymer: A clinical, radiological, and histological study

Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 981-990

  Tokunaga, Koji ^a   Kinugasa, Kazushi ^b   Kawada, Sanami ^a   Nakashima, Hiroyuki ^a   Tamiya, Takashi ^a   Hirotsune, Nobuyuki ^b   Mandai, Shinya ^c   Ohmoto, Takashi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Okayama Rehab Ctr Traum Apallics   (Japan)

^c KAGAWA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cellulose acetate polymer; Cerebral arteriovenous malformation; Embolization; Endovascular neurosurgery; Interventional neuroradiology

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; CELLULOSE ACETATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELLULOSE; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERS;

EID: 0032931666     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199905000-00026     Document Type: Article

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