Treatment of pediatric intracranial vascular malformations using Onyx-18

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 171-176

  Jankowitz, Brian T ^a   Vora, Nirav ^a   Jovin, Tudor ^a   Horowitz, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endovascular embolization; Onyx; Vascular malformation; Vein of Galen

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE VINYL ALCOHOL COPOLYMER; MICROSPHERE; ONYX 18; PLATINUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ONYX COPOLYMER; POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COIL EMBOLIZATION; DEATH; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HIGH OUTPUT HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; PAPILLEDEMA; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; VEIN OF GALEN MALFORMATION; BRAIN; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

BRAIN; CHILD; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; POLYVINYLS;

EID: 54049118923     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED/2008/2/9/171     Document Type: Article

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