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Modified Octopus Technique for Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm
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[Catheter-assisted technique for endovascular treatment of a wide-neck aneurysm: a case report]
Jun Haruma1, Yu Ohkuma, Tatsuya Sasaki
1Department of Neurological Surgery, Hiroshima City Hospital, 7-33 Motomachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-8518, Japan.
No Shinkei Geka. Neurological Surgery
|November 27, 2009
Abstract:
A catheter-assisted technique is a technical option that has been developed to allow the endovascular treatment of wide-neck aneurysms. We report our experience of the catheter-assisted technique in treating a wide-neck aneurysm in the posterior inferior cerebellar artery.
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