Balloon-assisted extrasaccular coil embolization technique for the treatment of very small cerebral aneurysms: Report of 4 cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 585-588

  Gil, Alberto ^a   Vega, Pedro ^a   Murias, Eduardo ^a   Cuellar, Hugo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ballon assisted endovascular treatment; Extrasaccular coiling; Small aneurysm

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BALLOON; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CASE REPORT; COIL EMBOLIZATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; BALLOON OCCLUSION; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77749277065     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.4.JNS081291     Document Type: Article

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