Endovascularly or surgically treated vertebral artery and posterior inferior cerebellar artery aneurysms: Clinical analysis and results

Zentralblatt fur Neurochirurgie

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-16

  Sandalcioglu, I E ^a   Wanke, I ^a   Schoch, B ^a   Gasser, T ^a   Regel, J P ^a   Doerfler, A ^a   Forsting, M ^a   Stolke, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aneurysm surgery; Cerebral aneurysms; Endovascular therapy; Posterior inferior cerebellar artery; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM CLIP; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CHILD; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 14744280906     PISSN: 00444251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-836224     Document Type: Article

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