Excimer laser-assisted bypass in aneurysm treatment: Short-term outcomes

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1029-1035

  Brilstra, Eva H ^a   Rinkel, Gabriel J E ^a   Klijn, Catharina J M ^a   Van der Zwan, Albert ^a   Algra, Ale ^a   Lo, Rob T H ^a   Tulleken, Cornelis A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

High flow bypass; Intracraniai aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BYPASS SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLIP; COMPRESSION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036829517     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2002.97.5.1029     Document Type: Article

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