Surgical management of ruptured aneurysms in the eighth and ninth decades

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 439-445

  Ferch, Richard ^a,b   Pasqualin, A ^a   Barone, G ^a   Pinna, G ^a   Bricolo, A ^a   Seiler, R ^a   Kobayashi, Shigeaki ^a   Hongo, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a Department of Neurosurgery ^*

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elderly; Hydrocephalus; Intracranial aneurysm; Subarachnoid haemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASOSPASM;

EID: 0037897577     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-003-0037-y     Document Type: Article

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