Management strategies for anterior cranial fossa (ethmoidal) dural arteriovenous fistulas with an emphasis on endovascular treatment: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-84

  Agid, Ronit ^a,d   TerBrugge, Karel ^a   Rodesch, Georges ^b   Andersson, Tommy ^c   Söderman, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b FOCH HOSPITAL   (France)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anterior cranial fossa; Dural arteriovenous fistula; Endovascular embolization; Ethmoidal fistula; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CYANOACRYLATE DERIVATIVE; ENBUCRILATE; GLUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIOSURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL FOSSA, ANTERIOR; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60749092076     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.6.17601     Document Type: Article

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