Microneurosurgical management of aneurysms at A4 and A5 segments and distal cortical branches of anterior cerebral artery

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 352-367

  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; Callosomarginal artery; Clipping; Distal; Microanatomy; Microsurgical technique; Pericallosal artery; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTERIOTOMY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BYPASS SURGERY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CRANIOTOMY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISSECTION; FINLAND; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MEDICAL ETHICS; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT SELECTION; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RESIDENTIAL CARE;

ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 51349104849     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2008.03.017     Document Type: Article

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