Self-closing U-clips for intracranial microanastomoses in high-flow arterial bypass: Technical case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 60, Issue 2 SUPPL.1, 2007, Pages

  Ferroli, Paolo ^a,b   Biglioli, Federico ^b   Ciceri, Elisa ^a   Addis, Alessandro ^b   Broggi, Giovanni ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Arterial bypass; Clip; Microanastomosis; Self closing U clip

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; CLIP; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; VASCULAR PATENCY; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; HEADACHE; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; METHODOLOGY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 33846983898     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000232735.45957.1E     Document Type: Article

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