Why are aneurysms of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery so unique? Clinical experience and review of the literature

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 93-101

  Kleinpeter, Gunther ^a,b  

^a Neurochirurgie   (Austria)

^b Donauspital   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Haemorrhage; Incidence; Posterior inferior cerebellar artery; Subarachnoidal; Surgical approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM CLIP; ANEURYSM SURGERY; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTURE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3142741642     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-818437     Document Type: Review

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