Microsurgical treatment of unruptured intracranial aneurysms. A consecutive surgical experience consisting of 450 aneurysms treated in the endovascular era

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 457-464

  Nussbaum, Eric S ^a   Madison, Michael T ^a   Myers, Mark E ^a   Goddard, James ^a  

^a UNIV OF MINNESOTA HOSP AND CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Brain; Microsurgery; Surgical outcome; Unruptured aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM CLIP; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVASCULARIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEUROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TEACHING; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34147112422     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.08.069     Document Type: Article

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