Endovascular treatment of intracranial unruptured aneurysms: A systematic review of the literature on safety with emphasis on subgroup analyses

Radiology

Volumn 263, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 828-835

  Naggara, Olivier N ^a   Lecler, Augustin ^a   Oppenheim, Catherine ^a   Meder, Jean Francois ^a   Raymond, Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYGLYCOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERFORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM; UNRUPTURED INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; WORLD FEDERATION OF NEUROSURGEONS SCALE;

ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SAFETY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84862503259     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.12112114     Document Type: Article

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