Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Pages 323-329 , February 2010

Open surgical reconstruction of the internal carotid artery aneurysm at the base of the skull

  • Serguei Malikov, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire, Faculté de Médecine de Marseille, Hôpital de la Timone, Marseille, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Serguei Malikov, MD, PhD, Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire, CHU Timone, 13385 Marseille, France
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  • Jean Marc Thomassin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Service d'Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie, Faculté de Médecine de Marseille, Hôpital de la Timone, Marseille, France
    • ,
  • Pierre Edouard Magnan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire, Faculté de Médecine de Marseille, Hôpital de la Timone, Marseille, France
    • ,
  • Grigol Keshelava, MD

      Affiliations

    • Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire, Faculté de Médecine de Marseille, Hôpital de la Timone, Marseille, France
    • ,
  • Michel Bartoli, MD

      Affiliations

    • Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire, Faculté de Médecine de Marseille, Hôpital de la Timone, Marseille, France
    • ,
  • Alain Branchereau, MD

      Affiliations

    • Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire, Faculté de Médecine de Marseille, Hôpital de la Timone, Marseille, France

Received 3 June 2009 ,Accepted 22 August 2009.

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 The editors and reviewers of this article have no relevant financial relationships to disclose per the JVS policy that requires reviewers to decline review of any manuscript for which they may have a competition of interest.

PII: S0741-5214(09)01815-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.08.084

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Pages 323-329 , February 2010

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