Three-dimensional computed tomography angiography in presurgical planning for treatment of infratentorial dural arteriovenous fistulas: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-89

  Paolini, Sergio ^a,d   Lanzino, Giuseppe ^b   Colonnese, Claudio ^c   Venditti, Eugenio ^c   Cantore, Giampaolo ^c   Esposito, Vincenzo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Cranial base; Dural arteriovenous fistula; Surgery; Three dimensional computed tomography angiography; Venous drainage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SKULL BASE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; SKULL;

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUADRIPLEGIA; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 60749124677     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.4.17515     Document Type: Article

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