Vertebrobasilar junction aneurysms associated with fenestration: Experience of five cases treated with guglielmi detachable coils

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 248-254

  Yoon, Seok Mann ^a   Chun, Young Il ^b   Kwon, Yang ^b   Kwun, Byung Duck ^b  

^a Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; CT angiography; Fenestration; GDCs; Vertebrobasilar junction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY FENESTRATION;

EID: 1342345230     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(03)00485-3     Document Type: Article

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