Dissecting aneurysms of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery: Retrospective evaluation of management and extended follow-up review in 6 patients

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-27

  Nussbaum, Eric S ^a,b   Madison, Michael T ^a   Myers, Mark E ^a   Goddard, James ^a   Janjua, Tariq ^a  

^a St Joseph's Hospital   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Brain; Bypass surgery; Dissection; Posterior inferior cerebellar artery; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY BYPASS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46449096368     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS/2008/109/7/0023     Document Type: Article

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