Microneurosurgical management of aneurysms at the A2 segment of anterior cerebral artery (proximal pericallosal artery) and its frontobasal branches

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 232-246

  Lehecka, Martin ^a   Dashti, Reza ^a   Hernesniemi, Juha ^a   Niemelä, Mika ^a   Koivisto, Timo ^b   Ronkainen, Antti ^b   Rinne, Jaakko ^b   Jääskeläinen, Juha ^b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Anterior cerebral artery; Clipping; Distal; Frontopolar artery; Microanatomy; Microsurgical technique; Pericallosal artery; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM CLIP; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CRANIOTOMY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MICROSURGERY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 48549103056     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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