Anteroinferior cerebellar artery aneurysms: Surgical approaches and outcomes - A review of 34 cases

Neurosurgery

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1025-1033

  Gonzalez, L Fernando ^a   Alexander, Michael J ^b   McDougall, Cameron G ^a   Spetzler, Robert F ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anteroinferior cerebellar artery aneurysm; Arteriovenous malformation; Cranial base approaches; Posterior circulation aneurysms; Skull base approaches; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Surgical approaches

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM CLIP; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANTEROINFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIES; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 8744287502     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000141083.00866.82     Document Type: Review

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