Endovascular Neurosurgery Through Clinical Cases
Endovascular neurosurgery is a recently introduced but rapidly evolving medical field, which uses minimally invasive interventions to treat major life-threatening vascular lesions of the Central Nervous System. Although its history counts less than 15 yea
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Endovascular Neurosurgery Through Clinical Cases
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Endovascular Neurosurgery Through Clinical Cases
Aristotelis P. Mitsos
Endovascular Neurosurgery Through Clinical Cases
Aristotelis P. Mitsos, MD, MSc, PhD Neuroendovascular Department 401 General Army Hospital Athens Greece
ISBN 978-88-470-5686-2 ISBN 978-88-470-5687-9 DOI 10.1007/978-88-470-5687-9 Springer Milan Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London
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Foreword
Case reports have been dropped by many medical journals because of their negative effect on the all-important impact factor. This sad reality is due to the short time period during which an article’s citation counts towards an impact factor score. Interesting cases are generally reported because they illustrate rare conditions or features with relevance far longer than papers describing the latest tools or techniques. In time they may be cited as often or more often than such papers but outside the accounted 2 years after publication, used for comparative journal statistics. This book proves the value of case reports for the trainee and for the interested senior. I am very proud to have been asked to write a short
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