Comparison of multislice computerized tomography angiography and digital subtraction angiography in the postoperative evaluation of patients with clipped aneurysms

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 395-403

  Dehdashti, Amir R ^a   Binaghi, Stefano ^a   Uske, Antoine ^a   Regli, Luca ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aneurysm surgery; Clip occlusion; Computerized tomography angiography; Digital subtraction angiography; Postoperative evaluation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLIP; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COST; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; OCCLUSION; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644651307     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.104.3.395     Document Type: Review

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