Upper basilar artery aneurysms: Oculomotor outcomes in 163 cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 482-488

  Al Khayat, Hisham ^a   Al Khayat, Haitham ^b   White, Jonathan ^b   Manner, David ^b   Samson, Duke ^b  

^a IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Basilar artery aneurysm; Oculomotor nerve palsy; Posterior cerebral artery; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Superior cerebellar artery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 16244400499     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.102.3.0482     Document Type: Article

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