Surgical occlusion of the leptomeningeal drainage is a safe and effective treatment for intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulas without dural sinus drainage

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 146, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1279-1280

  Perrini, P ^a   Di Lorenzo, N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CATHETERIZATION; CAUTERIZATION; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRAIN; EMBOLISM; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL DURAL ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; LEPTOMENINX; LETTER; MENINGEAL ARTERY; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HUMANS;

EID: 8744256420     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-004-0365-6     Document Type: Letter

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