Extracranial-intracranial bypass surgery at high magnification using a new high-resolution operating microscope: technical note

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 690-694

  Matsumura, Nobuhisa ^a   Shibata, Takashi ^a   Umemura, Kimiko ^a   Nagao, Seiya ^a   Horie, Yukio ^a  

^a Saiseikai Toyama Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extracranial intracranial bypass; Microvascular anastomosis; Operating microscope; Superficial temporal artery to middle cerebral artery anastomosis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; EXTRAINTRACRANIAL ANASTOMOSIS; MICROSCOPE; STEREOMICROSCOPY; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROSURGERY; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; SUTURING METHOD;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MICROSURGERY; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 75649111946     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2009.01.030     Document Type: Article

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