Giant vertebrobasilar aneurysms: Endovascular treatment and long-term follow-up

Neurosurgery

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 316-323

  Lubicz, Boris ^a   Leclerc, Xavier ^a   Gauvrit, Jean Yves ^a   Lejeune, Jean Paul ^a   Pruvo, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Endovascular treatment; Giant intracranial aneurysm; Parent artery occlusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COIL EMBOLIZATION; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 3543019085     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000129477.15636.ae     Document Type: Article

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