Surgical strategy for distal anterior cerebral artery aneurysms: Microsurgical anatomy

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 517-525

  Kawashima, Masatou ^a   Matsushima, Toshio ^a   Sasaki, Tomio ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Anterior cerebral artery; Anterior interhemispheric approach; Callosomarginal artery; Pericallosal artery; Pericallosal point

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ANEURYSM CLIP; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORPUS CALLOSUM; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSURGERY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0041920848     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2003.99.3.0517     Document Type: Article

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