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Midbasilar Trunk Aneurysms: 44 Patients

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There is a distinct group of aneurysms which arise from the basilar artery trunk between the origins of the superior and anterior inferior cerebellar arteries. These and basilar-AICA aneurysms are the rarest on the basilar circulation in this series, 44 and 41 respectively.

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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). Midbasilar Trunk Aneurysms: 44 Patients. In: Surgery of Vertebrobasilar Aneurysms. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-9409-6_9

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