Abstract
The basilar bifurcation is the most common aneurysm site (50.7%) in the posterior circulation, comprising about 5–6% of all solitary intracranial aneurysms. The majority are saccular, but a few (< 1%) are fusiform in origin. This aneurysm has proved to be the most difficult of all intracranial aneurysms, surgeons having taken a decade longer to reduce its surgical morbidity to near that of any on the anterior circulation.
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Drake, C.G., Peerless, S.J., Hernesniemi, J.A. (1996). Small Aneurysms at the Bifurcation of the Basilar Artery 493 Patients. In: Surgery of Vertebrobasilar Aneurysms. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-9409-6_3
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