Blood blister-like aneurysms of the internal carotid artery trunk causing subarachnoid hemorrhage: Treatment and outcome

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 662-671

  Meling, Torstein R ^a   Sorteberg, Angelika ^a   Bakke, Søren J ^a   Slettebø, Haldor ^a   Hernesniemi, Juha ^b   Sorteberg, Wilhelm ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Blood blister like aneurysm; Internal carotid artery; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VASOSPASM; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41849145705     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS/2008/108/4/0662     Document Type: Article

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