World Neurosurgery
Volume 73, Issue 1 , Pages 17-21 , January 2010

Posterior-to-anterior circulation access using the Penumbra Stroke System for mechanical thrombectomy of a right middle cerebral artery thrombus

  • Ferdinand K. Hui, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Cerebrovascular Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 216 445 9897; fax: +1 216 636 2061.
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  • Sandra Narayanan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Division of Neurointerventional Radiology, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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  • C. Michael Cawley, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Division of Neurointerventional Radiology, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA

Received 15 October 2008 ,Accepted 27 May 2009.

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PII: S0090-3019(09)00496-0

doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2009.05.020

World Neurosurgery
Volume 73, Issue 1 , Pages 17-21 , January 2010

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