Scaled clips for aneurysm surgery: Technical note

T. Mizutani; D. G. Piepgras; M. Gazi Yasargil; S. I. Abdulrauf; J. D. Day; D. S. Samson

doi:10.1097/00006123-200005000-00046

Scaled clips for aneurysm surgery: Technical note

T. Mizutani, D. G. Piepgras, M. Gazi Yasargil, S. I. Abdulrauf, J. D. Day, D. S. Samson

Neurological Surgery

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OBJECTIVE: The tips of clip blades are often invisible during operations on large, deep, or posteriorly projecting aneurysms. To overcome this problem, we sought to develop a series of scaled clips. METHODS: We made scaled clips modified from Yasargil titanium clips. The blades of the new clips are scaled every 5 mm from the tips with alternating colors. We have added six new types of straight scaled clips. RESULTS: To date, we have performed approximately 40 aneurysm clippings using the new scaled clips and have confirmed their usefulness. CONCLUSION: Scaling on the blades helps confirm accurate placement of a clip, even during operations for large, deep, or posteriorly projecting aneurysms, in which blade tips are often invisible.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1253-1254
Number of pages	2
Journal	Neurosurgery
Volume	46
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/00006123-200005000-00046
State	Published - 2000

Keywords

Aneurysm clip
Scale
Titanium

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Surgery
Clinical Neurology

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