Extended lateral transsylvian approach for basilar bifurcation aneurysms

Neurosurgery

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 174-178

  Bendok, Bernard R ^a   Getch, Christopher C ^a   Parkinson, Richard ^a   O'Shaughnessy, Brian A ^a   Batjer, H Hunt ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basilar apex; Clipping; Interpeduncular cistern

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEURYSM CLIP; ANEURYSM CLIPPING; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; BASILAR APEX; BASILAR ARTERY; BASILAR BIFURCATION ANEURYSM; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR SURGERY; EXTENDED LATERAL TRANSSYLVIAN APPROACH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBTEMPORAL APPROACH; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 3042778336     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000126948.21288.AF     Document Type: Article

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