Extracranial-intracranial bypass in the treatment of occlusive cerebrovascular disease and intracranial aneurysms in the United States between 1992 and 2001: A population-based study

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 794-804

  Amin Hanjani, Sepideh ^b   Butler, William E ^b   Ogilvy, Christopher S ^b   Carter, Bob S ^b   Barker II, Fred G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Cerebrovascular disease; Extracranial intracranial bypass; Surgical outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EXTRAINTRACRANIAL ANASTOMOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 32044446997     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.103.5.0794     Document Type: Article

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