Factors that affect the surgical outcomes of spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 563-568

  Nagata, Shinji ^a   Morioka, Takato ^a   Natori, Yoshihiro ^b   Matsukado, Koichiro ^a   Sasaki, Tomio ^a   Yamada, Tomomi ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASO IIZUKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Retrospective analysis; Spinal dural AVF; Surgical outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MICTURITION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646591228     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2005.09.018     Document Type: Article

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