Revival of extra-intracranial bypass surgery

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 90-95

  Vaikoczy, Peter ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aneurysms; ELANA; Hemodynamic ischemia; Microanastomosis; Revascularization

Indexed keywords

ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY CLAMP; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN SURGERY; BYPASS SURGERY; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXCIMER LASER; EXTRACRANIAL BYPASS SURGERY; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SKULL BASE TUMOR; STROKE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; LASERS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; STROKE;

EID: 60449084084     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e32832187f1     Document Type: Review

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