Aggressive surgical treatment of elderly patients following subarachnoid haemorrhage: Management outcome results

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 404-410

  Laidlaw, John D ^a   Siu, Kevin H ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aneurysm surgery; Cerebral aneurysm; Elderly; Outcome; Rebleeding; Subarachnoid haemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN VASOSPASM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0036655729     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jocn.2002.1097     Document Type: Article

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