World Neurosurgery
Volume 73, Issue 3 , Pages 147-154 , March 2010

Carotid endarterectomy for stenoses of twisted carotid bifurcations

  • Hiroyuki Katano, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan
    • Department of Medical Informatics & Integrative Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Departments of Neurosurgery and Medical Informatics & Integrative Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan. Tel.: +81 52 853 8286; fax: +81 52 851 5541.
    • ,
  • Kazuo Yamada, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan

Received 9 January 2009 ,Accepted 13 February 2009.

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PII: S0090-3019(09)00225-0

doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2009.02.015

World Neurosurgery
Volume 73, Issue 3 , Pages 147-154 , March 2010

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