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Aneurysms of the anterior communicating artery

Results of direct surgical treatment

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Summary

The authors present a review of the literature of the direct surgical intracranial attack on aneurysms of the anterior communicating artery. On the basis of 25 personally operated cases, the bifrontal approach with routine use of intracranial temporary clips, recently described byPool, is described. Technical aspects and the surgical indications of this method are discussed and the results compared with those obtained with other surgical techniques previously used.

Zusammenfassung

Die Autoren geben eine Literaturübersicht über die direkte chirurgische intracranielle Versorgung der Aneurysmen der A. communicans anterior. An Hand von 25 eigenen Fällen werden der doppelseitig frontale Zugang und die routinemäßige Anwendung vorübergehender örtlicher Zirkulationsunterbrechung durch Klips dargestellt, wie sie kürzlich vonPool beschrieben worden sind. Indikation und Technik dieses Vorgehens werden diskutiert, und die Ergebnisse werden mit denjenigen verglichen, die mit der früher üblichen Technik erreicht worden sind.

Résumé

Les auteurs présentent une revue de la littérature sur l'aggression directe intracrânienne des anévrismes de l'artère communicante antérieure. Ils présentent ensuite, avec l'expérience de 25 cas opérés personnellement, la voie d'aggression bifrontale avec l'emploi de routine de clips temporaires intracrâniennes. Ils discutent aussi les aspects techniques et les indications chirurgicales de cette méthode, en les comparant avec les résultats obténus avec les autres techniques chirurgicales emploiées auparavant.

Riassunto

Gli autori presentano una revisione della letteratura sull'aggressione diretta intracranica agli aneurismi dell'arteria comunicante anteriore. Essi discutono poi sulla base di 25 casi personalmente operati, la via d'approccio bifrontale con l'impiego di routine delle clips temporanee intracraniche. Vengono discussi inoltre gli aspetti tecnici e le indicazioni chirurgiche del nuovo metodo ed i relativi risultati sono paragonati con quelli ottenuti con gli altri metodi chirurgici in precedenza adottati.

Resumen

Los autores revisan la literatura acerca de las vías de agresión quirurgica intracraneal de los aneurismas de la arteria comunicante anterior. Basándose en 25 casos personales operados, subrayan las ventajas del método recientemente descrito porPool quien preconiza el empleo sistemático del colgajo bifrontal y de las clips intracraneales temporáneas. Los autores discuten los aspectos técnicos y las indicaciones quirúrgicas del método, comparando los resultados logrados gracias al mismo con los de las técnicas usadas anteriormente.

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Maspes, P.E., Marini, G. Aneurysms of the anterior communicating artery. Acta neurochir 11, 479–494 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01404422

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