title: Surgical treatment of vertebral and posterior inferior cerebellar artery aneurysms.
abstract: Aneurysms of the vertebral and posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) are uncommon. Surgical approaches to vertebral artery and PICA aneurysms and patient outcome using surgical or endovascular techniques are discussed in this article.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114-2698, USA.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Ogilvy
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Quinones-Hinojosa
mesh_terms: D001158:Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000098:blood supply*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*