Safety and efficacy of endovascular treatment of basilar tip aneurysms by coiling with and without stent assistance: A review of 235 cases

Neurosurgery

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 785-794

  Chalouhi, Nohra ^a   Jabbour, Pascal ^a   Gonzalez, L Fernando ^a   Dumont, Aaron S ^a   Rosenwasser, Robert ^a   Starke, Robert M ^b   Gordon, David ^a   Hann, Shannon ^a   Tjoumakaris, Stavropoula ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysms; Basilar tip; Coils; Endovascular; Stent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; COIL EMBOLIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STENT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866890235     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318265a416     Document Type: Review

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