Alternative vascular graft for extracranial-intracranial bypass surgery: Descending branch of the lateral circumflex femoral artery

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Başkaya, Mustafa K ^a   Kiehn, Mark W ^a   Ahmed, Azam S ^a   Ates, Özkan ^a   Niemann, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial graft; Bypass; Cerebral revascularization; Lateral circumflex femoral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANEURYSM; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS;

EID: 41949137334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/FOC/2008/24/2/E8     Document Type: Article

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