Endovascular surgery for proximal posterior inferior cerebellar artery aneurysms: An analysis of glasgow outcome score by hunt-hess grades

Neurosurgery

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 619-624

  Mericle, Robert A ^a,e   Reig, Adam S ^a   Burry, Matthew V ^b   Eskioglu, Eric ^a   Firment, Christopher S ^c   Santra, Swadeshmukul ^d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b St John's Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Embolization; Endovascular; Glasgow outcome score; Hunt Hess grade; Intracranial aneurysm; Posterior inferior cerebellar artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUNT HESS GRADE; HYDROCEPHALUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 33645774420     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000204127.81249.28     Document Type: Review

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