Modified abbreviated transcavernous approach to basilar artery aneurysms-Case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-29

  Figueiredo, Eberval Gadelha ^a   Paiva, Wellingson S ^a   Gomes, Marcos ^a   Castro Flores, Juan Antonio ^a   Wen, Hzu T ^a   Teixeira, Manoel Jacobsen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Basilar artery aneurysms; Giant intracranial aneurysms; Operative surgical procedure; Spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; HUMAN; MALE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSCAVERNOUS SURGERY;

CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DURA MATER; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 57249116238     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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