Contralateral transcondylar approach for aneurysms of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery-vertebral artery complex

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 156-161

  Taguchi, Yoshio ^a   Hoshikawa, Yoshihiro ^a   Tanaka, Katsuyuki ^a   Miyakita, Yasuji ^a   Morishima, Hiroyuki ^a   Sekino, Hiroaki ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral aneurysm; Contralateral approach; Posterior inferior cerebellar artery; Subarachnoid haemorrhage; Transcondylar approach; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

EID: 10644225319     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(96)90010-7     Document Type: Article

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