Contralateral approach to junctional C2-C3 and proximal C4 aneurysms of the internal carotid artery: Microsurgical anatomic study

Neurosurgery

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1156-1161

  Sheikh, Bassem Y ^a   Ohata, Kenji ^b   El Naggar, Alaa ^b   Baba, Motoki ^b   Hong, Bo ^b   Hakuba, Akira ^b  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotid cave; Cavernous sinus; Contralateral approach; Intracranial aneurysms; Surgical approach

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 0034095530     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200005000-00027     Document Type: Article

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