Endovascular treatment of very small (3 mm or smaller) intracranial aneurysms: Report of a consecutive series and a meta-analysis

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 116-121

  Brinjikji, Waleed ^a   Lanzino, Giuseppe ^b   Cloft, Harry J ^b   Rabinstein, Alejandro ^b   Kallmes, David F ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Coils; Neuroradiology; Neurosurgery; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COIL EMBOLIZATION; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETREATMENT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74049121930     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.566356     Document Type: Article

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