Treatment of giant middle cerebral artery aneurysms with a flow replacement bypass using the excimer laser-assisted nonocclusive anastomosis technique

Neurosurgery

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-20

  Van Doormaal, Tristan P C ^a   Van Der Zwan, Albert ^a   Verweij, Bon H ^a   Han, Kuo S ^a   Langer, David J ^b   Tulleken, Cornelis A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bypass surgery; Excimer laser assisted nonocclusive anastomosis; Giant aneurysm; Middle cerebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BYPASS SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 58749108464     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000335066.45566.D1     Document Type: Article

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