Treatment of internal carotid bifurcation aneurysms by direct surgery

Abstract

✓ Nine cases of aneurysm at the bifurcation of the internal carotid artery are described. All patients were submitted to direct intracranial surgery and the neck of the sac in eight cases was occluded by spring clip. There was no mortality and only one poor result. From an analysis of these cases and a review of the literature, some characteristics of these aneurysms and their management are described.