Quality of life after treatment of unruptured intracranial aneurysms by neurosurgical clipping or by embolisation with coils: A prospective, observational study

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-52

  Brilstra, Eva H ^a   Rinkel, Gabriel J E ^a,b   Van Der Graaf, Yolanda ^b   Sluzewski, Menno ^c   Groen, Rob J ^d   Lo, Rob T H ^a   Tulleken, Cornelis A F ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^d SLOTERVAART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coil embolisation; Neurosurgical clipping; Quality of life; Unruptured aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLIP; COIL EMBOLIZATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0742306026     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073897     Document Type: Article

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