Aneurysm Surgery: Past, Present and Future Mario Zuccarello, M.D. University of Cincinnati, Dept of Neurosurgery Mayfield Clinic
John Hunter ( ) HUNTERIAN LIGATION
Hunterian Ligation 461 patients with ICA ligation Mortality rate 20.7% Stroke rate 30% Sahs, Perret, &Locksley, 1969
Egas Moniz ( ) 1 ST CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY IN 1927
Harvey Cushing ( ) SILVER CLIP
Walter Dandy ( ) 1 ST CLIP ON ICA ANEURYSM
History of Aneurysm Clips
Aneurysm Surgery: Past Dandy “ clipping of aneurysms is hopeless” As late as the 1960s mean mortality 28.7% Merritt in 1963 advised surgery only for aneurysms with large associated hematomas
Mayfield Connection The problem “How to clip a large basilar bifurcation aneurysm with a fragile neck and an adherent P1 segment”... Drake “We need a different clip”
Mayfield Connection 1969 development of the fenestrated clip The Cincinnati Post, March 28, 1970
Del Maestro, J Neurosurg 92, 2000
Proc Neurol Surg 9, 1978 Youmans 2, 1973
M. Gazi Yasargil (1925- ) OPERATING MICROSCOPE MODERN CLIPS
Modern Clips