Advanced technical skills are required for microsurgical clipping of posterior communicating artery aneurysms in the endovascular era

Neurosurgery

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 285-294

  Sanai, Nader ^a   Caldwell, Nolan ^b   Englot, Dario J ^b   Lawton, Michael T ^b  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior circulation aneurysm; Endovascular coiling; Microsurgical clipping; Posterior communicating artery aneurysm; Surgical anatomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM CLIP; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN EDEMA; COIL EMBOLIZATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MICROSURGICAL CLIPPING; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY ANEURYSM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864279065     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318256c3eb     Document Type: Article

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