Complex basilar artery aneurysms treated using surgical basilar occlusion: A modern case series - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 319-327

  Kellner, Christopher P ^a   Haque, Raqeeb M ^a   Meyers, Philip M ^a   Lavine, Sean D ^a   Connolly Jr , E Sander ^a   Solomon, Robert A ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Basilar artery; Giant aneurysm; Hunterian ligation; Occlusion; Vascular disorders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INTERNUCLEAR OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BASILAR ARTERY; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79961111169     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.2.JNS10188     Document Type: Article

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