Endoscopic radial artery harvesting for U-Clip EC-IC bypass in the treatment of a giant petrous internal carotid artery aneurysm: Technical case report

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 186-189

  Ferroli, P ^a   Bisleri, G ^b   Nakaji, P ^c   Albanese, E ^a   Acerbi, F ^a   Polvani, G ^d   Broggi, G ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b Ospedali Civili   (Italy)

^c BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral aneurysms; Extracranial intracranial (EC IC) bypass; Radial artery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC RADIAL ARTERY HARVESTING; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NECK DISSECTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIAL ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL, DISSECTION; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CICATRIX; CRANIOTOMY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PETROUS BONE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIAL ARTERY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 70449433294     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: 14392291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1105901     Document Type: Article

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