Three-dimensional CT angiography for the surgical management of the vertebral artery-posterior inferior cerebellar artery aneurysms

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 329-335

  Huynh Le, P ^a   Matsushima, Toshio ^a,d   Miyazono, M ^a   Sayama, T ^a   Muratani, H ^b   Tashima, T ^c   Sasaki, T ^a   Bertalanffy, H ^e  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HAMANOMACHI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Hachisuga Neurosurgical Hospital   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NONE

Author keywords

3D CTA; Aneurysm; Posterior inferior cerebellar artery; Surgical approach; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 1842762274     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-003-0157-4     Document Type: Article

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