Endovascular treatment of a large aneurysm arising from a basilar trunk fenestration using the waffle-cone technique

Neurosurgery

Volumn 67, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Gruber, Thomas J ^a,b   Ogilvy, Christopher S ^a,b,c   Hauck, Erik F ^a,b   Levy, Elad I ^a,b   Hopkins, L Nelson ^a,b   Siddiqui, Adnan H ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Basilar artery aneurysm; Basilar artery fenestration; Intracranial stent; Stent coiling; Waffle cone

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY ANEURYSM; BASILAR ARTERY FENESTRATION; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIZZINESS; FENESTRATION; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WAFFLE CONE TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; BASILAR ARTERY; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; STENTS;

EID: 78650679665     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000382977.55504.6C     Document Type: Article

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