Transcerebellar thrombectomy for the successful clipping of thrombosed giant vertebral artery-posterior inferior cerebellar artery aneurysm: case report.
The operative technique used for a thrombosed vertebral artery-posterior inferior cerebellar artery aneurysm that was treated by combined transcerebellar (petrosal surface) thrombectomy and neck clipping is presented. Transcerebellar thrombectomy permitted the successful clipping of this thrombosed vertebral artery-posterior inferior cerebellar artery aneurysm via the cerebello-medullary cistern.
Kurokawa
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Neurosurgical Department, Ube Industries Central Hospital, Yamaguchi, Japan.
Okamura
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Watanabe
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D000368:Aged; D001158:Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000098:blood supply*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*