The role of neuroendovascular therapy for the treatment of brain arteriovenous malformations

Neurosurgery

Volumn 59, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Fiorella, David ^a   Albuquerque, Felipe C ^b   Woo, Henry H ^a   McDougall, Cameron G ^b   Rasmussen, Peter A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformation; Embolization; n butylcyanoacrylate

Indexed keywords

BUCRILATE; CYANOACRYLATE DERIVATIVE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ENBUCRILATE; ETHYLENE VINYL ALCOHOL COPOLYMER; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COIL EMBOLIZATION; DISABILITY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33750296439     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000237544.20452.47     Document Type: Review

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