Findings of the International Subarachnoid Aneurysm Trial and the National Study of Subarachnoid Haemorrhage in context

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 318-323

  Reeves, B C ^a,i   Langham, J ^b   Lindsay, K W ^c   Molyneux, A J ^d   Browne, J P ^e   Copley, L ^e   Shaw, D ^f   Gholkar, A ^g   Kirkpatrick, P J ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^f Society of British Neurological Surgeons   (United Kingdom)

^g NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Applicability; Endovascular repair; Observational study; Randomised controlled trial; Subarachnoid haemorrhage; Surgical repair; Validity

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM SURGERY; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTERY CLAMP; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547693047     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690701534748     Document Type: Review

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