Selective transvenous liquid embolization of a Type 1 dural arteriovenous fistula at the junction of the transverse and sigmoid sinuses. Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1045-1049

  Ohtakara, Kazuhiro ^a   Murao, Kenichi ^a   Kawaguchi, Kenji ^a   Kuga, Yoshihiro ^a   Kojima, Tadashi ^a   Taki, Waro ^a   Waga, Shiro ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dural arteriovenous fistula; Embolization; Head injury; Sigmoid sinus; Transverse sinus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CRANIOTOMY; DURA MATER; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HEAD INJURY; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 0034074190     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2000.92.6.1045     Document Type: Article

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