Surgical Neurology
Volume 70, Issue 1 , Pages 8-28 , July 2008

Microneurosurgical management of anterior communicating artery aneurysms

  • Juha Hernesniemi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, 00260 Helsinki, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +358 50 4270220; fax: +358 9 47187560.
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  • Reza Dashti, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, 00260 Helsinki, Finland
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  • Martin Lehecka, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, 00260 Helsinki, Finland
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  • Mika Niemelä, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, 00260 Helsinki, Finland
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  • Jaakko Rinne, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Kuopio University Hospital, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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  • Hanna Lehto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, 00260 Helsinki, Finland
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  • Antti Ronkainen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Kuopio University Hospital, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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  • Timo Koivisto, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Kuopio University Hospital, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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  • Juha E. Jääskeläinen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Kuopio University Hospital, 70211 Kuopio, Finland

Received 21 December 2007 ,Accepted 23 January 2008.

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