True aneurysms of the posterior communicating artery: A systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-72

  He, Wenzhuan ^a   Gandhi, Chirag D ^a   Quinn, John ^a   Karimi, Reza ^a   Prestigiacomo, Charles J ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral aneurysm; Posterior communicating artery aneurysm; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM SURGERY; ATAXIC APHASIA; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; BRAIN INFARCTION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HEMIPARESIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; META ANALYSIS; NERVE INJURY; NEUROIMAGING; OCULOMOTOR NERVE INJURY; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PATHOGENESIS; POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRUE POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY ANEURYSM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952980943     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2010.09.012     Document Type: Review

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