Thrombectomy for acute basilar artery occlusion by using double Merci retriever devices and bilateral temporary vertebral artery flow reversal: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-56

  Clarençon, Frédéric ^a,b   Blanc, Raphaël ^a   Gallas, Sophie ^a   Hosseini, Hassan ^a   Gaston, André ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE   (France)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Basilar artery; Computed tomography angiography; Merci retriever device; Recanalization; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DEVICE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; STROKE; THROMBECTOMY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; BASILAR ARTERY; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; THROMBECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650784381     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.11.JNS081035     Document Type: Article

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