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Giant Vertebral Aneurysms: 40 Patients

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Forty giant aneurysms arose from and were isolated to the intracranial segment of the vertebral artery; eight were illustrated and described previously (Fig. 15.1).

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  1. Sydney J. Peerless M.D., FRCSC (Director)

    Present address: Mercy Neuroscience Institute, 3661 South Miami Avenue, Ste. 209, 33133, Miami, Florida, USA

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Western Ontario, University Hospital, 339 Windermere Road, N6A 5A5, London, Ontario, Canada

    Charles G. Drake OC, M.D., FRCSC (Former Professor and Chairman)

  2. Division of Neurosurgery, University of Western Ontario, University Hospital, 339 Windermere Road, N6A 5A5, London, Ontario, Canada

    Charles G. Drake OC, M.D., FRCSC (Former Professor and Chairman) & Sydney J. Peerless M.D., FRCSC (Director)

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Kuopio, FIN-70210, Kuopio, Finland

    Juha A. Hernesniemi M.D., Ph.D.

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Drake, C.G., Peerless, S.J., Hernesniemi, J.A. (1996). Giant Vertebral Aneurysms: 40 Patients. In: Surgery of Vertebrobasilar Aneurysms. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-9409-6_15

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