Iatrogenic intracranial pseudoaneurysms: Neuroradiological and therapeutical considerations, including endovascular options

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 317-322

  Ciceri, E F M ^a   Regna Gladin, C ^a   Erbetta, A ^a   Chiapparini, L ^a   Nappini, S ^a   Savoiardo, M ^a   Di Meco, F ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiography; Embolisation; Intracranial iatrogenic pseudoaneurysm; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, FALSE; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPHENOID BONE;

EID: 37849186006     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-006-0703-y     Document Type: Article

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