Surgical Neurology
Volume 72, Issue 4 , Pages 362-368 , October 2009

Cerebral revascularization using cadaveric vein grafts

  • Francisco J. Mery, MD
    • ,
  • Sepideh Amin-Hanjani, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Neurosurgery, Neuropsychiatric Institute (MC 799), University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612-5970, USA. Tel.: +1 312 996 4842; fax: +1 312 996 9018.
    • ,
  • Fady T. Charbel, MD

Received 20 October 2008 ,Accepted 5 April 2009.

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PII: S0090-3019(09)00346-2

doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2009.04.005

Surgical Neurology
Volume 72, Issue 4 , Pages 362-368 , October 2009

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