Giant aneurysm clipping under protection of an excimer laser-assisted non-occlusive anastomosis bypass

Neurosurgery

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 439-447

  Van Doormaal, Tristan P C ^a   Van Der Zwan, Albert ^a   Verweij, Bon H ^a   Regli, Luca ^a   Tulleken, Cornelis A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bypass; Excimer laser assisted non occlusive anastomosis; Giant aneurysm; Protective

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM CLIPPING; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; BRAIN ARTERY BYPASS; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLIP; EXCIMER LASER; EXCIMER LASER ASSISTED NON OCCLUSIVE ANASTOMOSIS BYPASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANEURYSM; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77649139810     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000364998.95710.73     Document Type: Article

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