Stent-assisted coil embolization followed by a stent-within-a-stent technique for ruptured dissecting aneurysms of the intracranial vertebrobasilar artery

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-52

  Suh, Sang Hyun ^a   Kim, Byung Moon ^a   Park, Sung Il ^b   Kim, Dong Ik ^a   Shin, Yong Sam ^c   Kim, Eui Jong ^d   Chung, Eun Chul ^d   Koh, Jun Seok ^e   Shin, Hyun Cheol ^e   Choi, Chun Sik ^e   Won, Yu Sam ^e  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^c The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^e Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Endovascular treatment; Ruptured dissecting aneurysm; Stent assisted coil embolization; Stent within a stent technique; Vertebrobasilar artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COIL EMBOLIZATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; STENT WITHIN A STENT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION;

EID: 67650816380     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.2.JNS081418     Document Type: Article

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