ISUIA, ISAT and the National Study of Subarachnoid Haemorrhage: Changing trends and implications for neurovascular services in the United Kingdom and Ireland

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 375-378

  Choudhari, K A ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM CLIP; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COIL EMBOLIZATION; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HEADACHE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; IRELAND; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKILL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; IRELAND; STENTS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 33847170671     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690601048336     Document Type: Review

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