Treatment of distal posterior cerebral artery aneurysms: A critical appraisal of the occipital artery-to-posterior cerebral artery bypass

Neurosurgery

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-25

  Chang, Steve W ^a   Abla, Adib A ^a   Kakarla, Udaya K ^a   Sauvageau, Eric ^a,b   Dashti, Shervin R ^a,c   Nakaji, Peter ^a   Zabramski, Joseph M ^a   Albuquerque, Felipe C ^a   McDougall, Cameron G ^a   Spetzler, Robert F ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Norton Neuroscience Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Bypass; Endovascular; Fusiform; Microsurgical; Occipital artery to posterior cerebral artery bypass; Posterior cerebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN ARTERY BYPASS; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; OCCIPITAL ARTERY; PARESTHESIA; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; STENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY, EXTERNAL; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954091423     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000370008.04869.BF     Document Type: Article

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