Treatment of giant and large internal carotid artery aneurysms with a high-flow replacement bypass using the excimer laser-assisted nonocclusive anastomosis technique

Neurosurgery

Volumn 59, Issue 4 SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  Van Doormaal, Tristan P C ^a   Van Der Zwan, Albert ^a   Verweij, Bon H ^a   Langer, David J ^b   Tulleken, Cornelis A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Excimer laser assisted nonocclusive anastomosis bypass surgery; Giant aneurysm; High flow replacement bypass; Internal carotid artery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PROTECTION; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXCIMER LASER; EXCIMER LASER ASSISTED NONOCCLUSIVE ANASTOMOSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANKIN SCALE; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; LASER SURGERY; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750079841     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000233971.08409.F0     Document Type: Article

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