Techniques and Devices in Neuroendovascular Procedures

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 315-340

  Liebman, Kenneth M ^a   Severson III, Meryl A ^b,c  

^a Capital Health System   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coil embolization; Embolization; Endovascular management; Endovascular treatment of aneurysms; Endovascular treatment of arteriovenous malformations; Intracranial stents; Stroke management

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALTEPLASE; BUCRILATE; CLOPIDOGREL; CYANOACRYLATE; ETHIODIZED OIL; HEPARIN; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL; MICROSPHERE; PLACEBO; POLYGLACTIN; POLYMER; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SARUPLASE; TANTALUM;

BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 70349182416     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2009.01.002     Document Type: Review

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